What is it about?
A description of the Carboniferous fossil floras of Kashmir, including a summary of their stratigraphical, sedimentological and palaeobiogeographical context.
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Why is it important?
Although relatively poorly preserved, these fossils are of considerable floristic interest as they represent the vegetation of northern Gondwana, just before the onset of the Carboniferous - Permian Ice Age. They belong to the Paraca Floral Realm, also reported from northern South America and eastern Australia.
Perspectives
This paper is an example how studying apparently poorly preserved fossil floras can provide valuable insights in global floristic studies.
Christopher Cleal
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This page is a summary of: Carboniferous floras in siliciclastic rocks of Kashmir Himalaya, India and the evolutionary history of the Tethyan Basin, Geological Magazine, January 2013, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756812000921.
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