Studies in the Glossopteris Flora of India - 22. On some species of the genus glossopteris from the Raniganj stage of the Raniganj Coalfield, Bengal

H.K Maheshwari

doi:10.54991/jop.1964.688

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

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1964.688

Abstract

This paper contains a description of some Glossopteris species recorded for the first time from the Raniganj stage of the Lower Gondwana of India and also further observations on two species already known from this horizon. The species described are Glossopteris cf. G. fibrosa, Glossopteris sp., G. intermedia, G. emarginata, G. linearis, G. taeniopteroides G. decipiens, G. longicaulis, G. tortuosa, G. verticillata, G. euryneura sp. nov. and G. retusa sp. nov.

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