Fossil plants from Sarnu Hill Formation, Barmer Basin, Rajasthan

Subhendu Kumar Baksi; Pronab Naskar

doi:10.54991/jop.1978.1081

Authors

Subhendu Kumar Baksi Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Calcutta-700032, India
Pronab Naskar Geological Survey of India, Calcutta-700016, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1978.1081

Keywords:

Fossil plants, Sarnu Hill Formation, Barmer Basin, Rajasthan (India)

Abstract

A few fossil plants have been described here for the first time from the Sarnu Hill Formation, Barmer Basin. These are Phlebopteris athgarhensis, Ptilophyllum acutifolium and ?Sphenopteris sp. The age of the formation has also been discussed.

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