Claim · model-written summary
The genus declined in Southern Europe during the Pliocene.
- Taxon
- EngelhardtiaEngelhardtiae0t0
Verbatim
e0“it witnessed a decline during the Pliocene”
t0“Engelhardtia”
Title
Engelhardtia In Pleistocene of Kashmir
G. S. Puri Indian Forester 1946
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation A fossil leaflet of Engelhardtis colebrookeana was found in the Karewa deposits of Kashmir.
- Observation Past and present distribution imply that the valley held rain forest in the Pleistocene.
- Observation The genus was best represented by numerous species in Southern Europe during the Miocene.
- Observation The genus was extinct from Southern Europe by the Pleistocene and remains absent there.
- Observation Fifteen distinct species of the genus occur in modern southeastern Asian flora.
- Observation One fossil species of the genus was discovered in southeastern Asia.
- Observation The genus was more widely distributed in the past than at present.