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In two previous communications1 one of us reported the discovery of abundant algæ, chiefly Lithothamnion, in some of the limestones of Upper Cretaceous age from the Trichinopoly and Pondicherry areas of South India.
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NATURE, Aug. 8, 1931, p. 225, and Nov. 21, 1931, p. 873.
NATURE, Mar. 19, 1932, p. 441.
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RAO, L., PRASANNAKUMAR, C. Occurrence of Lithothamnion in the South Indian Cretaceous. Nature 130, 776–777 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130776b0
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