ACTIVITIES OF PHYTOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS (WOOD BORERS) ON EXTINCT PLANTS FROM THE MESOZOIC OF THE RAJMAHAL HILLS, INDIA
B. D. SHARMA *
Department of Botany, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur-342 001, India
R. HARSH *
Department of Botany, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur-342 001, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Description is given of the petrified plants collected from three localities in the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar and are attacked by three kinds of phytophagous arthropods. Ellipsoidal coprolites occur in burrows or fecal products are filled in, elongated cavities, and in some woods inter connected empty bores are present. Importance of the interaction between extinct plants and animals is discussed.
Keywords: Activity, Extinct Woods, Arthropods, Rajmahal Hills.