Podospermum gen. et sp. nov., an Acmopyle-like dispersed silicified ovule/seed from Lower Cretaceous intertrappean beds of the Rajmahal Basin, India

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 707-711

  Banerji, Jayasri ^a   Ghosh, Amit K ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Lower Cretaceous; Podospermum gen. nov.; Rajmahal Basin; Rajmahal Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJMAHAL BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

ACMOPYLE; PODOSPERMUM;

EID: 33748682688     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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