Abstract
India is considered one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world (Mittermeier et al. 2004), being a member of the Indo-Burma hotspot, which formerly included the Himalaya chain and the associated foothills in Nepal, Bhutan and India. The great diversity of fauna and flora in India is probably due to the large diversity of ecosystems and also probably due to its complex biogeographic and geodynamic history. In this context, the fossil record can give important information on the evolution of the terrestrial biodiversity of this region.
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