A new species of permineralized palm stem, Palmoxylon deoriensis Khan, Mandal et Bera, sp. nov. is described from the Late Maastrichtian (late Cretaceous) – Danian (early Paleocene) sediments of the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Deori village in Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh, Central India. The fossil specimen is a stem, characterized by the presence of cortical, sub-cortical and central zones with dermal, sub-dermal and inner central zones. The common anatomical features observed in the dermal, sub-dermal and inner central zones are the presence of regularly dispersed fibrovascular bundles, reniforma type of dorsal fibrous sclerenchymatous part (dcap), usually one metaxylem vessel element in each fibrovascular bundle (fvb), both tabular and radiating parenchyma around fvb, leaf-trace bundles distinguished by their protruded tongue-like vascular part with protoxylem vessel elements and highly compact ground tissue with thick-walled parenchyma cells, and the absence of fibrous and diminutive vascular bundles as well as centrifugal differentiation of fibrous part of fvb. These anatomical characters reveal its affinities with the extant Cocos-type palm taxa belonging to the family Arecaceae. Presence of mostly one, large (diameter > 183 μm) metaxylem vessel in each fvb and absence of lacunar ground tissue in the present fossil specimen indicate that palms thrived under a tropical, terrestrial environment during the deposition time (Late Maastrichtian–Danian).

矿化棕榈茎的一种新种，DealensisKhan，Mandal et Bera，sp。十一月 从印度中部中央邦Dindori区Deori村的Deccan Intertrappean层的晚Maastrichtian（白垩纪晚期）-Danian（古新世）沉积物中描述。化石标本是茎，其特征在于存在皮层，皮下层和中央区域以及真皮，皮下和内部中央区域。在真皮，皮下和内部中央区域观察到的常见解剖特征是存在规则分散的纤维血管束，肾形类型的背侧纤维硬化性部分（dcap），通常在每个纤维血管束（fvb）中有一个后木质部血管元件，两者fvb周围的表格状和放射状薄壁组织，叶片痕迹束的特征是其舌状血管部分突出，带有protoxylem血管元件，高度紧实的地面组织具有厚壁的薄壁实质细胞，并且没有纤维状和细小的血管束，也没有fvb纤维部分的离心分化。这些解剖特征揭示了它与现存的相似性属于槟榔科的椰树型棕榈类群。目前的化石标本中每个fvb中大多数都存在一个大的（直径大于183μm）变位木质部的容器，而腔隙性地面组织的缺失表明，在沉积期间，马棕榈在热带，陆地环境下繁盛（马斯特里赫特–丹年晚期）。