The genus Araucarites from Upper Gondwana Succession (Early Cretaceous) of Bairam-Belkher area, district Amravati, Maharashtra and district Betul, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

The present investigation corroborates with the vegetative counterparts belonging to conifers recovered from the fossiliferous horizons of the Upper Gondwana succession of the Early Cretaceous age. The succession, in addition, to the species of Filicales, Bennettitales, Cycadales and Coniferales, also revealed the rich assemblage of Araucarites, viz., A. cutchensis, A. minutus and Araucarites sp.