Fossil Leaves in Amber from the Bhuban Formation, Mizoram, India

作者：Tiwari R P^*; Ralte Victor Z; Zoramthara C; Srivastava Gaurav; Mehrotra R C; Paul Swagata; Dutta Suryendu

来源：Himalayan Geology, 2015, 36(1): 33-38.

• Bhuban Formation
• Fossil leaf
• Miocene
• Mizoram
• Palaeoclimate

We describe, in this paper, two fossil leaves preserved in amber for the first time from northeast India. The amber collected from the Thingdawl Hmar Veng quarry belongs to the Upper Bhuban Unit of the Bhuban Formation of Surma Group and is of an early to middle Miocene age. The occurrence of leaf fossils suggest the presence of evergreen forests in the region during the depositional period. The geochemistry of amber indicates that the studied fossil resin was exuded from Dipterocarpaceae.

• 出版日期2015