Ginkgoites Rajmahalensis sp. nov. from the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar, India

S.C.D. Sah; K.P. Jain

doi:10.54991/jop.1964.692

Authors

S.C.D. Sah Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
K.P. Jain Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1964.692

Abstract

In Ginkgoites rajmahalensis sp. nov., the leaves are characterized by their much divided lamina, with fewer veins which are generally simple, sometimes forked once or twice at varied levels and run almost parallel to one another, slightly converging towards the apex.

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