In Assam's Coalfield, A 24-Million-Year-Old Fossil Discovery Shocks...Sheds Light On Existence Of Rare...

A team from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), collected these fossil leaves. They meticulously analyzed their physical characteristics and identified them through comparisons with existing plant collections and cluster analysis, said the ministry.