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  FEDDEN 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  KATHIAWAR 
  PENINSULA 
  IN 
  GUZERAT. 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  fossil 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  locality 
  north-west 
  of 
  Than. 
  

  

  Filices. 
  

   "* 
  Aletliapteris 
  {Aspleniicm) 
  whitbyensis, 
  Gopp. 
  

  

  CrCADEACEiE. 
  

  

  PtilopJiyllum 
  cntchense, 
  var. 
  minimum. 
  

  

  Conifers. 
  

  

  Palissya 
  jabalpur 
  ensis, 
  Fstm. 
  

  

  Taxites 
  tenerrimus, 
  Fstm. 
  

   * 
  Araucarites 
  culchensis, 
  Fstm. 
  (seeds). 
  

   ? 
  Pimts 
  comp. 
  nirdenskioldi. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  plants 
  indicated 
  by 
  an 
  asterisk 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  list 
  are 
  known 
  

   in 
  the 
  Jabalpur 
  and 
  the 
  Umia 
  (Cntch) 
  groups. 
  Two 
  others, 
  the 
  Palissya 
  

   and 
  the 
  Taxites, 
  were 
  hitherto 
  unknown 
  in 
  Umia's 
  beds. 
  Dr. 
  Feistman- 
  

   tel 
  writes 
  (loc. 
  cit.) 
  : 
  " 
  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  these 
  fossil 
  plants 
  shows 
  that 
  

   they 
  are 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  Jabalpur 
  group 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  

   Palissya 
  jabalpur 
  ensis 
  and 
  Taxites 
  tenerrimus 
  ; 
  while 
  Araucarites 
  cutchen- 
  

   sis 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  Umia 
  and 
  Jabalpur 
  groups." 
  

  

  The 
  black 
  carbonaceous 
  shale 
  at 
  the 
  fossil 
  locality 
  north-west 
  of 
  Than 
  

   exhibits 
  strings 
  and 
  laminae 
  of 
  coaly 
  matter, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  to 
  burn 
  as 
  a 
  fuel; 
  neither 
  is 
  there 
  promise 
  of 
  any 
  useful 
  fuel 
  being 
  

  

  found 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  The 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  carbona- 
  

   Carbonaceous 
  shale. 
  . 
  # 
  

  

  ceous 
  shale 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  reiterated 
  report 
  

  

  that 
  ' 
  coal' 
  had 
  been 
  discovered 
  in 
  Kathiawar, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  fallacious, 
  the 
  

  

  facts 
  being 
  as 
  here 
  stated. 
  

  

  Arenaceous 
  shale 
  is 
  also 
  exposed 
  at 
  Amarpur, 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  

   Than 
  ; 
  at 
  Samtherwa, 
  6 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Mathak, 
  and 
  near 
  Maika 
  8 
  

   miles 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  of 
  Wankaner. 
  At 
  the 
  last-named 
  locality 
  the 
  

   rock 
  is 
  mottled 
  purple 
  and 
  white 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  fine 
  silty 
  texture, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  

   brittle. 
  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  obtained, 
  nor 
  was 
  the 
  black 
  argillaceous 
  and 
  

   carbonaceous 
  shale 
  observed 
  at 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  places. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  north-eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  the 
  plant-bearing 
  arenaceous 
  

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  82 
  ) 
  

  

  