A fossil dicotyledonous wood from the Pliocene beds of Mothala, District Kutch, Western India

A fossil dicotyledonous wood showing closest similarity with the wood of modern Pterospermum Schreb. of the family Sterculiaceae, is described from the Pliocene beds of Mothala, District Kutch. It is named as Pterospermoxylon kutchensis gen. et sp. nov. Fossil woods showing affinities with those of Pterospermum have not been described so far.