Catalogue of Selected Angiosperm Pollen Grains from Palaeogene and Neogene Sediments of India [electronic resource] / by Surya Kant Mani Tripathi.

9783030424350

1st ed. 2020.

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

1 online resource (XIV, 261 p.) 34 illus., 1 illus. in color.

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This book summarizes the taxonomic details of selected fossil angiosperm pollen genera and species along with their affinity and occurrences in space and time. It provides information about the historical background of palynology from Palaeogene and Neogene sediments in India, general pollen morphology along with the terms commonly used in describing fossil angiosperm pollen and an overview of the Indian Tertiary sediments. A complete list of genera described in this book is given. It also includes a key for identification of Indian angiosperm genera as well as a description of selected fossil angiosperm pollen from India along with their Indian records, illustrations, locality, age and horizon from where these have been reported. In all 130 genera and 402 species have been dealt with. The names of genera and species are arranged alphabetically. The Discussion part includes a summarized account of palynofloras, their biostratigraphic application in various regions of India and their palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic implications.

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March 13, 2020