Pollen grains of Ctenolophonidites from the Neyveli lignites of South India

K. Ambwani; M.B. Bande; U. Prakash

doi:10.54991/jop.1978.1080

Authors

K. Ambwani Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
M.B. Bande Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1978.1080

Keywords:

Pollen grains, Ctenolophonidites, Neyveli lignites, Miocene (India)

Abstract

Two species of Ctenolophonidites, C. costatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg (1966) and C. neyveliensis sp. nov., have been described from the Neyveli lignites of South India. The latter is distinct from all the earlier described species.

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