A new species of glossopteris from the Barakar formation of Lower Gondwana of India

Shaila Chandra; A.K. Srivastava

doi:10.54991/jop.1978.1086

Authors

Shaila Chandra Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
A.K. Srivastava Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1978.1086

Keywords:

Glossopteris, Whorled leaves, Barakar Formation, Permian (India)

Abstract

A new species of Glossopteris, G. ornatus sp. nov., has been described from the Barakar Formation of the Raniganj Coalfield, West Bengal. The specimen shows ten leaves arranged in two close apparent whorls made up of closely arranged spiral leaves. All the leaves are morphologically similar and possess the same type of epidermal structures.

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