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AR 1978-79.pdf - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

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B. Five distinct types <strong>of</strong> Glossopteris leaves were studied<br />

in detail from the external morphological as well as cuticular<br />

point <strong>of</strong> view f, om the Raniganj Stage <strong>of</strong> Raniganj Coalfield,<br />

West Bengal.<br />

Type·} leaves arc characterized by open meshes with<br />

narrow elongate form. Type-2 leaves are broad spathulate<br />

in shape with narrow mesh pattern. Type-3 leaves are<br />

narrow elongate in shape where the secondary veins arc<br />

arched and form narrow elongate meshes. Type-4 leaves<br />

arc also narrow in shape but show a thick and solid midrib<br />

with intermediate mesh pattern. The leaves <strong>of</strong>Typc-5 arc<br />

lanceolate in shape where the secondary veins arc arched<br />

and form short and narrow meshes. All the 5 types <strong>of</strong><br />

leaves have yield~d distinct types <strong>of</strong> cuticle.<br />

2.2.2. Lower Gondwana Flora from Kamthi beds <strong>of</strong> Wardha­<br />

Godavari Valley, Maharashlra<br />

Fossil plants collecl('d from the Kamthi beds <strong>of</strong> Kanhargaon,<br />

Chandrapur District and Bazargaon, Nagpur District,<br />

Maharashtra were studied and results have been incorporated<br />

in a Ph. D. Thesis. It deals with the impressions <strong>of</strong>ptcridophytes,<br />

Glossopteris Flora and petrified gymnospermous<br />

wooels. Grthase, two species <strong>of</strong> Glossopteris and 13 species<br />

<strong>of</strong> gymnospermous woods are new. The investigated flora<br />

<strong>of</strong>Kamthi beds has been correlated with the known flora <strong>of</strong><br />

equivalent formations and an Upper Permian age has been<br />

assigned to it.<br />

2.3. Glossopteris Flora from. Pachwara Coalfield<br />

The study <strong>of</strong> fossil plan ts and miospores from a Lower<br />

Gondwana bed exposed near the village Tattitola, Pachwara<br />

Coalfield, Bihar has becn completed. The megafossil assemblage<br />

is characterized by the dominance <strong>of</strong> open mesh<br />

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