Studies in the Glossopteris Flora of India - 21. Plant megafossils from the Lower Gondwana exposures along Bansloi river in Rajmahal Hills, Bihar

H.K Maheshwari; Gyan Prakash

doi:10.54991/jop.1964.687

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H.K Maheshwari Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Gyan Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1964.687

Abstract

The present paper contains a description of plant megafossils from the Bansloi valley Lower Gondwana beds. The various fossils have been referred to 11 genera and 18 recognizable species. One species is new. The species recognized are Phyllotheca sp., Stellotheca robusta, Schizoneura gondwanensis, Sphenophyllum speciosum, Pecopteris phegopteroids, Pecopteris sp., Alethopteris sp. A., Alethopteris sp. B., Sphenopteris hughesii, S. lobifolia, Noeggerathiopsis cf. N. hislopii, Glossopteris angustifolia, G. communis, G. indica, G. damudica, G. brownii, G. parallela, G. retifera, G. emarginata sp. nov., G. formosa, Gangamopteris cf. G. cyclopteroides, Gangamopteris sp. and Vertebaria sp.

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