Carboniferous spores and pollen from the Calareti zone of the Moesian platform, Bumania

B.S. Venkatachala; D. Beju; R.K. Kar

doi:10.54991/jop.1968.782

Authors

B.S. Venkatachala Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
D. Beju Geological Institute, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals, Bucharest, Rumania
R.K. Kar Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.782

Abstract

The present paper deals with the systematic description of spores and pollen from 3 shale samples of a boring in Calareti zone situated S.E. of Bucharest, Rumania. The palynological fosoils have been assigned to 44 genera and 75 species of dispersed spores and pollen.

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