Abstract
A UNILOCULAR FRUIT (UNILOCULOCARPON CENTRALES SP. NOV.) FROM DECCAN INTERTRAPPEAN BEDS OF MOHGAONKALAN, (M.P.), INDIA.
Mangesh B. Bobade*
ABSTRACT
In central India there are many well known fossiliferous localities of Deccan Intertrappean series like Mohgaonkalan. The plant fossils of Mohgaonkalan were wonderfully preserved and are of varied nature. Present paper describes in details angiospermic monocotyledonous unilocular drupe type of fruit collected from the exposures of Mohgaonkalan, M.P., India. It is elliptical in shape, size 1.6 mm in length and 1.4 mm in breadth, epicarp thin, smooth, sarcocarp about 240 - 259? with radial plates of hard tissue, dividing it into 23-24 longitudinal segments. Fruit with slits at apex and base, seed poorly preserved. Many monocotyledonous drupaceous fruit are reported from these beds. But the present fossil fruit found to vary from known fossil monocotyledonous fruits. It is named as Uniloculocarpon centrales sp. Nov.
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