Plant microfossils from the lignite deposit (Eocene) of Barsinghsar in Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India

R.P. Tripathi; B.D. Sharma; K.L. Shrivastava

doi:10.54991/jop.1998.1278

Authors

R.P. Tripathi Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur 342001, India
B.D. Sharma Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur 342001, India
K.L. Shrivastava Department of Geology, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur 342001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1998.1278

Keywords:

Plant microfossils, Lignite, Barsinghsar, Rajasthan, Eocene, India

Abstract

Plant microfossils from the Eocene lignite sample collected from Barsinghsar near Bikaner, Rajasthan have been described in this paper. The plant microfossils include algal filaments and nets, fungal hyphae and spores, bryophytic thalli and capsules (?), pteridophytic cuticles and spores, cuticles of gymnosperms and various kinds of pollen grains, and cuticles and peculiar fructifications (?) of angiosperms. Palaeoecological conditions during sedimentation of Eocene lignite in Rajasthan have also been discussed.

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