Ougenioxylon chinjiensis sp. nov., a New Fossil Species of the Family Leguminosae from Chinji Formation Salt Range, Punjab Pakistan
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52388#.VJOMEcCAM4 Author(s) Noor-Ul-Ain Soomro , Basir Ahmed Arain , Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Rajput Affiliation(s) Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan . ABSTRACT This work is comprised of anatomical study of fossil wood collected from Chnji formation (72°22'E, 32°41'N) of Miocene age exposed at Chinji National Reservoir. The material consists of a single piece of petrified wood dark brown in colour. The three dimensional sections were prepared by ground thin section technique. Microscopic examination of the characters was compared with modern and fossil wood and found comparable with the...