Studies in the glossopteris flora of India - 28. On some fossil woods from the Raniganj stage of the Raniganj coalfield, Bengal

H.K Maheshwari

doi:10.54991/jop.1966.769

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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.1966.769

Abstract

The present paper contains a description of some fossil woods from the Raniganj stage in the eastern sector of the Raniganj coalfield, Bengal. One new genus, viz. Damudoxylon has been instituted and three genera, viz. Trigonomyelon Walton, Megaporoxylon Krausel and Kaokoxylon Krausel are being reported for the first time from India.

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