RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND PRESERVED 5 MILLIONS YEARS OLD PALM TREE FOSSILS IN WEST BENGAL

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A PRESERVED FOSSIL OF AN ANCIENT PALM TREE IN WEST BENGAL.

* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS IT WAS 5000 YEARS OLD FOSSIL ( MIOCENE PILOCENE EPOCH) 

* SPECIES NAMED - PALMOXYLON MIOFLABELLIFER 

* RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, SONAPUR MAHAVIDYALAYA, AND SIDHO KANHO BIRSA UNIVERSITY 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN WEST BENGAL BASIN NEAR THE VILLAGE OF MULUK IN THE BIRBHUM DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL.

* THIS NEW SPECIES IS THE ANCIENT ANCESTORS OF THE MODERN PALMYRA PALM, 

* IT FEATURES TABULAR PARENCHYMA, SPECIALIZED STORGE CELLS,