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Indian scientists discover plant species of dinosaur age
Indian scientists claim to have discovered two new Cycads species of plants in Odisha which were dominant some 201 million to 145 million years ago, popularly known as the Jurassic period. The discovery by Indian cycadologists Rita Singh of Delhi\'s Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and her two students - P. Radha of Osmania University, Hyderabad and J.S. Khuraijam (NBRI, Lucknow) - is the result of eight years of research in the state.
Bhubaneswar: Indian scientists claim to have discovered two new Cycads species of plants in Odisha which were dominant some 201 million to 145 million years ago, popularly known as the Jurassic period. The discovery by Indian cycadologists Rita Singh of Delhi's Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and her two students - P. Radha of Osmania University, Hyderabad and J.S. Khuraijam (NBRI, Lucknow) - is the result of eight years of research in the state.
Cycads are considered to be an ancient group of seed plants which have crown of large compound leaves and a stout trunk. They are regarded as living fossils. Cycas is the type genus and the only genus recognised in the family Cycadaceae. The two species can easily be differentiated from each other by comparing the size of their trunk, male cone and female reproductive structures. They are locally known as Aruguna, Oranga, Oruguna and Odissimari.
