A new inaperturate pollen genus from the Late Miocene sediments of Site 218 of DSDP Leg 22 in the Central Bengal Fan, Indian Ocean
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1998.1280Keywords:
Angiosperm pollen, Varisculptinaperturites, Late Miocene, Central Bengal Fan (Indian Ocean)Abstract
A new pollen genus Varisculptinaperturites has been described from the Late Miocene sediments of Site 218 of DSDP Leg 22 in the Central Bengal Fan, Indian Ocean. The genus accommodates inaperturate pollen ornamented with two types of sculpture, smaller spines and gemmae and larger clavae/baculae.