Volume : I, Issue : VI, November - 2012

Occurrence of Fossilized Eucalyptus Wood from the Cuddalore Sandstone Series, Tamil Nadu

D. Kumarasamy

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Cuddalore Sandstone Series is one of the Tertiary sediments of India. The rock system contains many petrified woods of gymnosperms and angiosperms. In the present report, one piece of petrified wood having affinity with Eucalyptus wood was described. This is the first report of fossilized Eucalyptus wood from this sediment. Fossil wood having affinity with living Eucalyptus wood had already reported from the Deccan Intertrappean bed of India. But the authenticity of this report was questioned by Rozefeldes (1996). The present report confirm the occurrence of Eucalyptus wood from the Tertiary sediments of India

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D. Kumarasamy Occurrence of Fossilized Eucalyptus Wood from the Cuddalore Sandstone Series, Tamil Nadu International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.I, Issue.VI Nov 2012

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