Some observations on the occurrence of Cycadophytes and Bennettitales in the East Coast Upper Gondwana Athgarh Sandstone, Cuttack and Khurda districts of Orissa, India
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Cycadophytes, Bennettitales, Athgarh Sandstone, Upper Gondwana (India)Abstract
Athgarh Sandstone is rich in plant megafossils, in which the pteridophytes and conifers are dominated followed by Bennettitales and Cycadophytes. The species described in this paper are: Ptilophyllum acutifolium, Ptilophyllum spp., Pterophyllum kingianum, Pterophyllum sp. cf. P. distans, Otozamites penna, Otozamites sp. cf. O. kachchhensis, Anomozamites fissus, Dictyozamites sp. and Taeniopteris spatulata. A comparison of this assemblage with similar other assemblages from the Lower Cretaceous of India has also been made.
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