Ferns from the Cretaceous of Madhya Pradesh - 3

Abstract

One more fern, Hausmannia pachyderma n. sp., is described from the Lower Cretaceous (Jabalpur Stage) of Madhya Pradesh which forms a part of the studies on the fossil ferns of this region undertaken by me (Sukh-Dev, 1970,7 1). The preceding numbers of this series include the following:

1. Gleichenia nordenskioldii Heer (Gleicheniaceae), Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongn. (Matoniaceae), Weichselia reticulata (Stokes & Webb) Ward.
2. Cladophlebis medlicottiana (Oldham) Pascoe, Sphenopteris sp.

The specimens and slides are deposited in the Museum of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow.