Podospermum rajmahalensis J.Banerji et A.K.Ghosh

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000612

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:612

Authors: J. Banerji & A. K. Ghosh

Rank: species

Reference: Banerji, J. & Ghosh, A. K. (2006): Podospermum gen. et sp. nov., an Acmopyle-like dispersed silicified ovule/seed from Lower Cretaceous intertrappean beds of the Rajmahal Basin, India. – Cretaceous Research 27(5): 707–711.

Page of description: 708

Illustrations or figures: fig. 2A–J

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Types

Original diagnosis/description

Ovules/seeds oval in shape, drupaceous, erect in position; fertile bract present; ovule complex, subtended by fertile bract; ovuliferous scale encloses ovules/seeds; integument differentiated into three layers: sarcotesta with thin-walled cells, fleshy sclerotesta with thick walled cells, and endotesta thin and fleshy; ovuliferous scale (epimatium) entirely fused with integument and indistinguishable from it. Nucellus with nucellar pad at base; except at base it is free from integument; megasporangium with two distinct archegonia in apical region. Nucellus with nucellar beak in apical region, nucellar beak (tentpole) has trough-like broad base.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Lower Cretaceous
Rajmahal Formation, Early Cretaceous (BarremianeAptian)

Locality

India
Sonajori, Rajmahal Basin, Jharkhand