Palmocarpon Mohgaoense sp. nov., a palm fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean Series, India

Abstract

In this paper is described a petrified palm fruit from Mohgaon Kalan (22°1'N.; 79°11'E.), the wellknown locality of the Deccan Intertrappean Series, in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The palm fruit is sufficiently well preserved to reveal all its anatomical details and has been referred to the form genus Palmocarpon Lesquereux. The flora of this locality is regarded as early Tertiary, and most probably Eocene.