On some plant fossil from Gondwana equivalent sediments of Eastern Himalaya

Trilochan Singh; Usha Bajpai

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1625

On some plant fossil from Gondwana equivalent sediments of Eastern Himalaya

Authors

Trilochan Singh Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun 248001, India
Usha Bajpai Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1625

Keywords:

Glossopteris Flora, Gondwana Supercontinent, Eastern Himalaya, Late Permian

Abstract

The plant fossils reported here were recovered from Gondwana equivalent continental facies outcropping in Kameng District (Arunachal Pradesh), South Sikkim District (Sikkim) and Darjeeling District (West Bengal). The flora comprising equisetalean axes, Phyllotheca sp., Glossopteris stenoneura Feistmantel, G. communis Feistmantel, G. sp. cf. G. leptoneura Bunbury, G. syaldiensis Chandra & Surange, G. formosa Feistmantel and Vertebraria indica Royle resembles that of the Late Permian Raniganj Formation of peninsular India.

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Published

1988-12-31

How to Cite

Singh, T., & Bajpai, U. (1988). On some plant fossil from Gondwana equivalent sediments of Eastern Himalaya. Journal of Palaeosciences, 37((1-3), 284–291. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1625