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 theirpalaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic implications.

Provides diagnoses of significant fossil angiosperm pollen genera reported from Indian Palaeogene-Neogene sediments Includes geographical as well as geological information Helps researchers in comparing data from Indian sediments with contemporaneous global sedimentary strata

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Introduction.- Groups of pollen genera described.- Palynofloras and biostratigraphy from Indian Palaeogene and Neogene sediments.<p