Some Charophytic remains from the Lower Siwalik of Tanakpur, District Nainital

R.N. Lakhanpal; S. Kapoor; K.P. Jain

doi:10.54991/jop.1974.948

Authors

R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
S. Kapoor Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
K.P. Jain Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1974.948

Abstract

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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