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SHOREOXYLON RANIKOTENSIS SP. NOV.,  A NEW SPECIES OF FOSSIL WOOD DIPTEROCARPIACEAE FROM RANIKOT FORT AREA, DISTRICT JAMSHORO, SINDH, PAKISTAN

MAJEEDA SHAR, S.A.S. TRIMIZI AND BASIR AHMED

Abstract: Shoreoxylon ranikotensis sp. nov. a new silicified wood fossil has been  described from Quaternary deposits of Dada formation exposed near Ranikot fort area, district Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. (Lat. 25^o.45’ – 26^o.00’ N. Long. 67^o.45’ – 68^o.00’). The xylotomical attributes of the present fossil wood show close affinities with the genus Shorea of the family Dipteriocarpiaceae. The mode of occurrence of this fossil indicates that the plant from which this fossil wood had developed was not growing in situ but transported from some other area, into the present location.

Institute of Botany, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.