Charophyta from the deccan intertrappean beds near Rangapur, Andhra Pradesh, India

S.B. Bhatia; Janine Riveline; R.S. Rana

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1629

Authors

S.B. Bhatia Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
Janine Riveline Laboratoire de’ Gѐologie des Bassins Sѐdimentaires, Universitѐ Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France
R.S. Rana Department of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1629

Keywords:

Charophyta, Platychara, Nemegtichara, Deccan Intertrappean beds, Tertiary (India)

Abstract

Two charophytes-Platychara perlala (Peck & Reker) Grambast and Nemegtichara grambosti sp. nov- are described and illustrated from the Deccan Intertrappean beds near Rangapur, district Rangareddi, Andhra Pradesh. The genus Nemegtichara Karczewska & Ziembinska-Tworzydlo, first described from the Palaeogene "White Beds" of the Nemegt Basin in Mongolia and also known from the Cretaceous- Middle Eocene of China is being recorded for the first time from India. The age and palaeobiogeographic implications of the assemblage are also discussed.