Clypeina (Dasycladaceae) from the Cretaceous of South India

Chandra Prakash Varma

doi:10.54991/jop.1952.421

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Chandra Prakash Varma Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1952.421

Abstract

The genus Clypeina, so far known to occur only in the Eocene and Jurassic formations, is recorded here as C. Sahnii sp. nov. from the Cretaceous rocks. This is also the first record of the genus from India.

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