A Marchantialean Thallus from the Lower Gondwana Sequence of Godavari Basin, Andhra Pradesh

The present paper deals with the critical observation of a thallus section recorded in one of the samples prepared for the coal petrographic study (Pellet No 3) This sample represents a coal band lying above the 'Queen seam" from Koyagudem area of the Godavan valley coalfield, Andhra Pradesh The shape of this specimen in transverse section and its cellular organization very closely resemble the anatomical features of extant thalli of the bryophytic (liverwort)family Reboulzaceae, a big group of Marchantiales (Hepaticopsida) A thallus with cellular details assignable to Hepaticae 1s recorded from the Lower Gandwana Sequence of Godavari valley coalfield.