Shuklanites deccanii Singhai, an Anthocerotaceous sporogonium from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan

L.C. Singhai

doi:10.54991/jop.1973.937

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L.C. Singhai Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1973.937

Abstract

The present paper describes in detail bryophytic sporogonium Shuklanites deccanii Singhai (1964) from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan. The sporogonium is pear-shaped, possibly embedded in the thalloid tissue and comprises a capsule and the bulbous foot. The capsule, devoid of columella, is full of spores and pseudoelaters. The affinities have been traced to both Anthocerotopsida and Hepalicopsida, though most of its characters are referable to the former group.

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