The fossil floras of Kachchh. 1 - Mesozoic megafossils

M.N. Bose; Jayasri Banerji

doi:10.54991/jop.1984.542

Authors

M.N. Bose Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Jayasri Banerji Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1984.542

Keywords:

Megafossils, Bryophytic remains, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Middle-Upper Jurassic, Kachchh (India)

Abstract

Mesozoic plant remains from Kachchh form the subject matter of this paper. Out of the 44 genera described, three are new. The new genera are- Trambaua, Lorumformophyllum and Kachchhia. The former two are based on detached leaves, whereas Kachchhia is a male fertile organ related to the so-called Mesozoic Pteridosperms. Besides, some of the genera which have been recorded for the first time from Kachchh are Thallites, Hepaticites, Hausmannia, Dictyophyllum, Coniopteris, Caytonia, Linguifolium, Ctenozamites, Pseudoctenis, Anomozamites, Nilssoniopteris, Dictyozamites, Bennetticarpus and Allocladus. Thus in all more than 80 species have been described.

On the basis of megafossil assemblage it has been suggested that the Mesozoic plant bearing beds in Kachchh may range in age from Middle to Upper Jurassic.