Fossil plants from the Kamthi formation of Maharashtra and their biostratigraphic significance

Shaila Chandra; M.N.V. Prasad

doi:10.54991/jop.1981.1406

Authors

Shaila Chandra Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
M.N.V. Prasad Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1981.1406

Keywords:

Megafossils, Biostratigraphy, Glossopteris, Kamthi Formation, Upper Permian (India)

Abstract

Megafossils from the Kamthi beds of Kanhargaon, Chandrapur District, and Bazargaon, Nagpur District of Maharashtra, have been described. From Kanhargaon 5 genera and 19 species belonging to pteridophytes and Glossopteridales are recorded, of which 2 species of Glossopteris are new. From Bazargaon 3 genera with 5 species are described. All the fossils are preserved in the form of impressions. The biostratigraphic importance of Kamthi megaflora has also been discussed by correlating it with the homotaxial floral assemblages of Raniganj and the similar-looking lithological formations of the Handappa area in Orissa and the Triassic megaflora.

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