Surmaspora Singh & Rao from the Neogene sediments of southern India: its stratigraphic and botanical significance

C.G.K. Ramanujam; P.R. Reddy; H. Ramakrishna

doi:10.54991/jop.1997.1347

Authors

C.G.K. Ramanujam Department of Botany, P.G. College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500004, India
P.R. Reddy Department of Botany, P.G. College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500004, India
H. Ramakrishna Department of Botany, P.G. College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500004, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1997.1347

Keywords:

Palynology, Surmaspora, Miocene, South India

Abstract

The paper deals with the occurrence of Surmaspora (S. karii) from the subsurface Miocene sediments of Godavari Basin in Andhra Pradesh and Cauvery Basin in Tamil Nadu and highlights its stratigraphic and botanical significance.

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