Petrified spores and pollen grains from the Jurassic Rocks of Rajmahal Hills, Bihar

Vishnu-Mittre

doi:10.54991/jop.1954.461

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Vishnu-Mittre Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1954.461

Abstract

Forty-six types of spores and pollen grains have been described from the Nipania chert. They are classified in accordance with the classification suggested by Pant. Pteridophytic spores, cycadophytic pollen grains and the winged grains of the conifers are more or less equally represented in the microflora. Among the pteridophytic spores are some types resembling the spores of modern Lycopodium, Selaginella, Cyatheaceae and Schizaea. Megaspores are also described for the first time from the Jurassic rocks of India. The winged pollen includes two, three, and four-winged grains. Some new groups and sub-groups have been proposed in the classification suggested by Pant.

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