Some Charophytic remains from the Lower Siwalik of Tanakpur, District Nainital
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The present paper deals with some fossil charophytic oogonia (gyrogonites) recovered from the Lower Siwalik beds (Miocene) at Purniagiri, near Tanakpur, District Naini Tal. The fossils have been described under three genera, viz., Charites, Sphaerochara and Raskyaechara, comprising five species of which Charites siwalikus and Raskyaechara purniagiriensis are new.
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