An Early Permian Glossopteris flora from the Umrer Coalfield, Wardha Basin, Maharashtra, India

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作者
Tewari, Rajni [1 ]
Pandita, Sundeep K. [2 ]
Agnihotri, Deepa [1 ]
Pillai, S. S. K. [1 ]
Bernardes-De-Oliveira, Mary E. C. [3 ]
机构
[1] Birbal Sahni Inst Paleobot, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India
[2] Univ Jammu, Dept Geol, Jammu 180004, India
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, IGc USP, Dept Palaeontol, BR-05508080 Sao Paulo, Brazil
来源
ALCHERINGA | 2012年 / 36卷 / 03期
关键词
Glossopteris Flora; Barakar Formation; Early Permian; Umrer Coalfield; Wardha Basin; India; IB-RIVER COALFIELD; LOWER GONDWANA FORMATIONS; GENUS GLOSSOPTERIS; ORISSA; ASSEMBLAGE; SEDIMENTS;
D O I
10.1080/03115518.2012.648416
中图分类号
Q91 [古生物学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 070903 ;
摘要
A rich and well-preserved Glossopteris-dominated plant fossil assemblage is described from the Barakar Formation of the Makardhokra and Umrer open-cast projects, Umrer Coalfield, Nagpur District, Wardha Basin, Maharashtra, India. The assemblage includes equisetalean axes, cordaitalean leaves (Noeggerathiopsis hislopii), Gangamopteris clarkeana and diverse Glossopteris leaves and a fertile organ assigned to Scutum sp. cf. S. leslii. The flora, although similar to that of the Barakar Formation of the Damodar Basin complex (the reference basin system with respect to the qualitative and quantitative distribution of Indian Permian plant taxa), exhibits unique characteristics and is Artinskian to Kungurian in age. Besides supplementing knowledge of the broader Wardha Basin flora, this is the first systematic documentation of the Glossopteris flora from the Barakar Formation of this basin.
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页码:355 / 371
页数:17
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