Upper Triassic sporae dispersae from the Tiki formation: Megaspores from the Janar nala section, South Rewa Gondwana basin

J. Banerji; K.P. Navaneetha Kumaran; H.K Maheshwari

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.992

Authors

J. Banerji Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
K.P. Navaneetha Kumaran Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
H.K Maheshwari Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.992

Abstract

Twenty-one different types of megaspores belonging to 10 genera are recorded from the plant-bearing bed in the upper part of the Tiki Formation exposed in a stream section in Bijouri-Harai area, Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh (South Rewa Gondwana Basin). Five species are new. The genus Banksisporites Dettmann has been emended and enlarged. On the basis of megaspore study an Upper Triassic age for the plant-bed of the Tiki Formation is supported.

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