FIRST REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF DEVONIAN PERIOD COIMBATORE CITY AS REVEALED BY THE FIRST PLANT FOSSIL FINDING
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2002-12-12
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Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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First report for the first time we report the occurrence of a rare fossil plant in Coimbatore. The present plant fossil was obtained from four different places in the heart on city town during foundation digging for apartment construction activities. Perusal of the literature showed that these fossils were reported only from Australia and other places. With the help of the present fossil finding an attempt is made to reconstruct the Devonian period environment of Coimbatore city.
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occurrence, fossils, reconstruct, Devonian period