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CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 707-711Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.03.003
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Podosperinum gen. nov.; Lower Cretaceous; Rajmahal Formation; Rajmahal Basin; India
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An investigation of silicified ovules/seeds recovered from the Early Cretaceous intertrappean rocks of Sonjori, Rajmahal Basin, has revealed the occurrence of Acmopyle-like ovules/seeds described here as Podospermum rajmahalensis gen. et. sp. nov. These fossils depict characteristic features of podocarpaceous ovules/seeds, i.e., erect posture of drupaceous ovule/seed subtended by a fertile bract; ovuliferous scale indistinguishable from the integument enclosing an ovule; integument consisting of three layers and a nucellus free from integument except at base. The presence of two archegonia in the apical part of the female prothallus and the presence of tentpole-like nucellar tissue in the ovule indicate the post-pollination stage of development of the ovule. Moreover, the presence of embryonic tissue in the female prothallus indicates the post-fertilization stage. The presence of these podocarpaceous remains further confirms the palaeoposition of the Indian subcontinent during the Early Cretaceous period. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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