Department of Botany, P.V.P. Mahavidyalaya, Kavathe, Mahankal
Online published on 27 April, 2021.
Kamthi beds in Maharashtra are distributed in Chandrapur, Nagpur, Gadchiroli and Wardha districts. They are rich in plant fossils of Glossopteris flora. Present paper describes one new species of Ginkgoits leaf from Kamthi beds of Chandrapur district. A promising specimen, numbered MNGL/ 24 /2015, was morphological identical to the genus Ginkgoites Seward. It is has been described as G. mangliensis. sp. nov. It is new addition to the fossil flora of Kamthi Formation.
Ginkgoites flora, Kamthi Formation, Maharashtra
