Some new pteridophytic remains from the Permian strata of Rajmahal Hills, India

Abstract

The paper describes two new species, one each of Liknopetalon (Smithies) Anderson & Anderson and Lelstotheca Maheshwari, from the Permian strata of the Rajmahal Hills, Jharkhand, India. The new species are named, respectively, as Liknopetalon rajmahalensis and Lelstotheca harikrishnae. On the basis of certain similar floristic elements, these strata appear to be floristically equivalent with those of Middle Ecca Series of South Africa and the Permian strata in a ravine section near Mamal Village in Liddar Valley of Kashmir Himalaya.