ORIGINAL ARTICLE
IPSD: e-repository of Permian seeds from Indian Lower Gondwana
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Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow-226007, India
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Department of Geology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack-753003, Odisha, India
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Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
Online publication date: 2023-12-31
Publication date: 2023-12-31
Acta Palaeobotanica 2023; 63(2): 151-161
HIGHLIGHTS
- IPSD will be the pioneering software to display the holistic account of seeds described from the Permian age of Indian Lower Gondwana accrued over the past 140 years.
- The database provides details of seeds (morphology, reference, authors, etc.) that will help identify seeds for researchers globally. It will be helpful for comparing the Indian Permian seeds with other Gondwana continents.
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ABSTRACT
The interest and importance of studying the reproductive strategies of Palaeozoic plants are growing.
Fossil seeds play an essential role in this line of study, as they are widely described from different sedimentary
formations throughout the Permian period. The Indian Permian Seed Database (IPSD) software will be an
information system for ensuring the storage, safety, accessibility and recovery of the details of Indian Permian
seed records in a selective manner. The current database includes 28 genera and 44 species of compressed seeds
described from Lower Gondwana (Permian), with all the details for researchers. The software provides options
for addition, deletion, modification and search facility. The search also includes different options (single or combination).
It is a quick and organised way to look for seeds, especially on a data grid for information about seeds
that have already been published in the same or different sediments. IPSD is a tool for the computer-based identification
of seeds and distinguishing different genera or species within the same category. It is user-friendly and
provides updated knowledge of seeds from the Lower Gondwana basins of India. It provides morphotaxonomical
characters, distribution and photo documentation of seeds. The software increases accuracy through computerassisted
identification of seeds. Hence, reducing and curtailing unnecessary information while describing a new
species with inadequate earlier knowledge of Permian seeds.
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