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CoMFER/TJ. — Palissya, 2 sp. ; CunninghamitcSf 1 ; Chirolepis, 2 ; Araucarites, 1 ; 

 F.vhinostrobus, 1. 



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 Ivii.ISETACE.i;.- 



'Eqimcf.um, 1. 



Thf marked cliann-o from tho lower Goudwiir.ri lloras is visible at a {rlanco ; not 

 n .single species is common to both, most of the -.'enera are distinct, and the 

 liilercnf e is even greater when the conimonest plants ire compared. In the lower 

 (londwitnas the prevalent forms are Equm-'.iicecc and ferns of the Glossopteris type, 

 whil.-f i'l tlie Kiijmahal flora oycads are by far more abundant than any other 

 phiiit-. The whole assembla<re, moreover, is more nearly allied than are any of 

 l\\u^e in tlie lower Gondwana ))eds to ]']uropean Mesozoic floras. 



Of thi- Kajmahal plants* about fifteen are allied to Khtetic European forms, 

 ;!ueo to Liassie or Lowit Jurassic (two of these havinp: also Kinetic aflinities),and 

 -ix to Middle Jurassic (two havinfr lihretic relations as well). The flora must there- 

 Is. ro as a whole on purely paltcontological grounds be classed as liluetic. 



Kita-Mideri. — The deposits belonginjr to this series are found in tlie Godavari 

 valley at a considerable distance from the liajiualial hills in IJengal, the locality 

 lor t lie jlajmahal flora. Both fiiijmahiil and Kota-Maleri beds overlie rocks of 

 llie Damiida series. It is not quite clear whether the Kota beds, which contain 

 li.«li, insects, and crustaceans, and tlu! Maleri Ijeds, in which remains of fish, 

 loptiles, and plants are found, are inter.stratified, or whether tlie Kota beds overlie 

 fliose ol'Maleri. That the two are closely connected is fivnerally admitted. 



From the Maleri beds the following' remains have been recorded : — 



ANIMALS. 



Reptiua. — Ili/porodapedon, 1 ; rarasuchu/i, 1. 

 Pisces. — Ceratodus, .'^. 



PLANTS. 



CoNiFEn.T3. — Palissi/n, 2; C/iirol<'p{.f, 1 ; Araucarites, 1. 

 ( 'ycadeaci:.t;. — I'tilop/ii/lluni, 1 j Vycaditc^, L 

 FiLicES. — Anfjiopteridium, 1 . 



From the Kota fresh-water limestone .species of ganoid fish — viz. 6 of 

 Lfpidofuii, 3 of Tdraffoniilepis, and 1 of Daprdiux — have been described. An 

 .Eitheria, a Camlona, and some insects have also been found. The fish - are Liassie 

 forms. 



The reptilia of the IMaleri l)eil3 are, on the other hand, Triassic,' and closely 

 allied to Keuper forms. (Vvrt/w/'/v is chiefly Triassic (Keuper and Khifitic). The 

 plants show relations with both the Eajmahal and J abalpur floras, and, as the 

 palajontological relations to beds in the .^ame country are considered far bifrher in 

 importance than those to deposits in distant regions, the Kota-Maleri beds are 

 dassnd as intermediate between the liajmahal and Jabalpur epochs. 



Latch and Jabalpur. — Jabalpur beds are found in ( Central India to the south 

 nf the Nerbudda valley, and form the liighest true Gondwana beds. The Outch 

 bods, as already mentioned, are found interstratified with marine deposits of 



' Feistmantcl, I\il. Tnd. ser. ii. pp. 143, 1S7 ; Manual Geol. Ind. p. 145. 

 ' Pal. Ind. Fcr. iv. pt. 'J. 



' Q. ./. G. S. 18G9, pp. 138, 152, &c.; 1875, p. 427 ; Pal. Ind. ser. iv. pt. 

 Geol. Ind. p. 151. 



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