Araucarites nipaniensis sp. nov. - A female Araucarian cone-scale from the Rajmahal Series

G. Singh

doi:10.54991/jop.1956.487

Authors

G. Singh Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1956.487

Abstract

The paper describes a new species of Araucarites (A. nipaniensis) from Nipania, Rajmahal Hills, Bihar. The seed of A. nipaniensis is comparatively small and is placed on a broad and prominently winged cone-scale.

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