TWO NEW SPECIES OF TALCHIRELLA PANT AND SRIVASTAVA: A FOSSIL MEGASPORE FROM LOWER GONDWANA OF JAMUNA COALFIELDS, SHAHDOL, M.P.
S. N. MISHRA *
Department of Botany, Autonomous Science College, Rewa 486001, M.P.
R. P. TRIPATHI *
Department of Botany, Autonomous Science College, Rewa 486001, M.P.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
On the basis of SEM and LM studies two new species of a fossil megaspore genus Talchirella Pant and Srivastava 1961, T. reticulata n. sp. and T. macroverrucata n. sp. are described from the Lower Gondwana (Lower Permian) of Jamuna Coalfields, Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh.
Keywords: Talchirella, Fossil megaspore, Lower Permian, Iower Gondwana Megaspores, Biostratigraphy