Palynostratigraphy of the Naredi (Lower Eocene) and the Harudi (Middle Eocene) formations in the District of Kutch, India

R.K. Kar

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.1007

Authors

R.K. Kar Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.1007

Abstract

The palynological assemblage from the Naredi Formation (Lower Eocene) comprises 65 spore-pollen genera and 92 species, while that of the Harudi (Middle Eocene) has only 26 genera and 30 species. Triorites triangulus Cenozone is proposed for the lower Gypseous Shale Member of the Naredi Formation. This cenozone is characterized by the abundance of Cupuliferoipollenites ovatus, Tricolpites reticulatus, Lakiapollis ovatus and Cyathidites minor. For the lower part of the Harudi Formation, Proxapertites microreticulatus Cenozone is proposed where Palmaepollenites kutchensis, Scantigranulites sparsus and Couperipollis kutchensis are also found as significant taxa. The cenozones have been compared with the other Lower Tertiary cenozones of India.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

References

Anderson RY 1960. Cretaceous-Tertiary palynology, eastern side of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Mem. Min. Miner. Resources, 6.

Baksi SK 1972. On the palynological bio- stratigraphy of Bengal basin. Proc. Sem. palaeo- palynol. Indian Stratigr. Calcutta, 1971: 188-206.

Biswas B 1962. Stratigraphy of the Mahadeo, Langpar, Cherra and Tura Formations, Assam, India. Bull. geol. Min. metall. Soc. India, 25: 1-48.

Biswas SK 1965. A new classification of Tertiary rocks of Kutch, Western India. Bull. geol. Soc. India, 35: 1-6.

Biswas SK 1971. The Miliolite rocks of Kutch and Kathiabar (Western India). Sediment. geol., 5: 147-164.

Biswas SK & Deshpande SV 1970. Geological and tectonic maps of Kutch. Bull. Oil. Nat. Gas Commn, 7 (2): 115-116.

Biswas SK & Raju DSN 1971. Note of the rock-stratigraphic classification of the Tertiary sediments of Kutch. Q. J geol. Min. metall. Soc. India, 43 (3): 117-180.

Biswas SK & Raju DSN 1973. The rock-stratigraphic classification of the Tertiary sediments of Kutch. Bull. Oil Nat. Gas Commn, 10: 37-45.

Blanford WT 1876. Geological notes on the great Indian desert between Sind and Rajasthan. Rec. geol. Surv. India, 10 (1): 18-19.

Bolkhovitina NA 1961. Spore-pollen complexes of the Mesozoic deposits in the Viliusk basin and their stratigraphical significance (in Russian). Trudy Inst. Geol. Nayuk, SSSR., 24: 1-185.

Cerceau-Larrival MT 1959. Cle de determination d'Ombelliferes de France et d' Afriquedu nord d' apres leurs grains de pollen. Pollen Spores, 1 (2): 145-190.

Cerceau-Larrival MT 1962. Palynologic Mediterraneenne et Occidentale-2-Le pollen d' Ombelliferes Mediterranneennes 1. Echinophoreae. Pollen Spores, 3 (2): 95-104.

Cerceau-Larrival MT 1965. Palynologic Mediterraneenne et et Occidentale-9-Le pollen d' Ombelliferes Mediterrannennes. III. dicineae Drude IV. Dauceae Drude. Pollen Spores, 7 (1): 35-62.

Clarke RT & Frederiksen NO 1968. Some new sporomorphs from the Upper Tertiary of Nigeria. Grana palynol., 8 (1): 210-224.

Cookson IC 1947. Plant microfossils from the lignites of Kerguelen Archipelago. Rep. B.A.N.Z. antarct. Res. Exped. Ser. A., 2: 127-142.

Couper RA 1953. Upper Mesozoic and Caino- zoic spores and pollen grains from New Zealand. Bull. N. Z. geol. Surv. palaeont., 22: 1-77.

Couper RA 1958. British Mesozoic micro- spores and pollen grains. A systematic and stratigraphic study. Palaeontographica, 103B: 75-179.

Delcourt AF & Sprumont G 1955. Lesspores et grains de pollen du Wealdien du Hainaut. Mem. Soc. Belg. Geol., 4: 73.

Dettmann ME 1963. Upper Mesozoic micro- floras from south-eastern Australia. Proc. R. Soc. Vict., 77 (1): 1-148.

Dev S 1961. The fossil flora of the Jabalpur Series-3. Spores and pollen grains. The Palaeobotanist 8 (1 & 2): 43-56. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1959.587

Dutta AK 1965. On the occurrence of Cassigerinella chipolensis (Cushman & Ponton) and the associated foraminifera from the Oligo- Lr. Miocene Sediments of Kutch. Bull. Oil Nat. Gas. Commn. 2: 28-32.

Dutta SK & Sah SCD 1970. Palynostratigraphy of the Tertiary sedimentary formations of Assam-5. Stratigraphy and palynology of South Shillong Plateau. Palacontographica, 131B (1-4): 1-62.

Dybova S & Jachowicz A 1957. Microspores of the Upper Silesian Coal Measures. Wydaw. Geol.,: 1-326.

Ghosh AK, Jacob A & Lukose NG 1964. On the spores of Parkeriaceae and Schizaea- ceae from India. Bull. bot. Soc. Bengal, 17 (1 & 2): 23-28.

Grant CW 1840. Memoir to illustrate a geo- logical map of Cutch. Trans. geol. Soc. London, Ser. 2, 5: 289-326.

Gupta HP 1972. Studies of Indian pollen grains-IV. Boraginaceae. Geophytology, 1 (2):127-134.

Ibrahim AC 1933. Sporen formen des Aegir- horizonts des Ruhr-Reviers: Diss. Konard Triltsch, Wurzburg: 1-47.

Iversen J & Troels-Smith J 1950. Pollen-morfologiske definitioner og typer Danmarks. Geol. Unders., 4 (8).

Jain KP, Kar RK & Sah SCD 1973. A palynological assemblage from Barmer, Rajasthan. Geophytology, 3 (2): 150-165.

Joshi S & Raghuvanshi SS 1965. Pollenvariability and pollen formation without the intervention of meiosis in a variant (experi- mental 67) of Coriandrum sativum. Grana Palynol., 6 (2): 186-190.

Kar RK 1978. Palynological fossils from the Oligocene sediments and their biostratigraphy in the district of Kutch, western India. The Palaeobotanist 26 (1): 16-49. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1977.1047

Kar RK & Saxena RK 1976. Algal and fungal microfossils from Matanomadh Formation (Palaeocene), Kutch, India. The Palaeobotanist 23 (1): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1974.944

Krutzsch W 1959. Mikropaläontologische (sporenpaläontologische) Untersuchungen in der Braunkohle des Geiseltales. Geologie, 21-22: 1-425.

Luber AA 1935. Les types petrographiques de charbons ossiles du Spitzbergen. Chimcombust. solide, 5.

Mathur YK 1963. Studies in the fossil micro- Blora of Kutch, India-1. On the microflora and the hystrichosphaerids in the gypseous shales (Eocene) of western Kutch, India. Proc. natn Inst. Sci. India, 29B (3): 356-371.

Mathur YK 1966. On the microflora in the Supra Trappeans of Western Kutch, India. 51. Q. Jl geol. Min metall. Soc. India, 38: 33-51

Maurizio A & Louveaux J 1964. Pollen deplantes Melliferes d' Europe-V. Pollen Spores, 6 (1): 1-43.

Mohan M & Soodan KS 1970. Middle Eocene planktonic foraminiferal zonation of Kutch, India. Micropaleontology, 16 (1): 37-46.

Nagappa Y 1959. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Eocene succession in India-Pakistan-Burma region. Micropaleontology, 5 (2): 145-192.

Nuttall WLF 1926. The zonal distribution and description of the larger foraminifera of the Middle and Lower Kirthar Series (Middle Eocene) of parts of western India. Rec. geol. Sure, India, 59: 115-164.

Pant SC & Mathur UB 1968. Contribution to the Tertiary stratigraphy of Lakhpat area. Kutch, Gujarat. Curr. Sci., 37 (7): 205.

Poddar MC 1959. Stratigraphy and oil possi- bilities in Kutch, western India. Proceedings of the Symposium: Development of petroleum resources of Asia and Far East. Min. Res. Ser., 10: 146-148.

Poddar MC 1964. Mesozoics of western India- their Geology and oil possibilities. Proc. int. geol. Congr. Rep. 22nd Ses. India. Pt. I: 126- 143.

Potonie H 1893. Uber einige carbonfarne Teil. IV. Jb. Kgl. preuss. Geol.,: 1-11, 1892.

Potonie R 1931. Zur Mikroskopieder Braun- kohlen I.-Z. Braunkohle, 30: 554-556, Halle.

Potonie R 1934. Zur Mikrobotanik des eocanen Humodils des Geiseltals (in Zur Mikrobotanik der Kohlen und ihrer Verwandten). Preuss. Geol. Land., 4: 25-125.

Potonie R 1951. Die bedeutung der Sporomor- phen fur die Gesellschaftsgeschichte. C.r.5. Congr. Strat. geol. Carbon.,: 501-506.

Potonie R 1956. Synopsis der Gattungen der Sporae dispersae 1. Teil: Sporites. Beih. Geol. Jb. 23: 1-103.

Potonie R 1957. Zum Hundertsten Geburtstag von Henry Potonié am 16. November, 1957. Palaeontographica, 103B: 1-33.

Potonie R 1960. Synopsis der Gattungen der Sporae dispersae III. Teil: Nachträge Sporites, Fortsetzung Pollenites mit generalregister zu Teil I-III. Beih. Geol. Jb., 39: 1-189.

Potonié R & Gelletich J 1933. Uber Pteridophyten-Sporen einer eozanen Braunkohle aus Dorog in Ungarn. S.B. Gesch. naturf. Fr. Berl., 33: 517-526.

Potonie R & Kremp G 1954. Die Gattungen der palaeozoischen Sporae dispersae und ihre Stratigraphie. Geol. Jb., 69: 111-194.

Potonié R, Thomson PW & Thiergart F 1950. Zur Nomenklatur und Klassification der neogenen Sporomorphae (Pollen und Spo ren). Geol. Jb., 65: 35-70.

Raju DSN 1974. Observations on the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Kutch, western India. Publ.Cent. adv. stud. geology, 10: 136-155.

Ramanujam CGK 1966. Palynology of the Miocene lignite from South Arcot District, Madras, India. Pollen Spores, 8 (1): 149- 203.

Rossignol M 1962. Analyse pollinique de Sedi- ments marins Quaternaires en Israel-2. Sediments Pleistocenes. Pollen Spores, 4 (1): 121- 148.

Sah SCD 1967. Palynology of an Upper Neogene profile from Rusizi Valley (Burundi). Annls Mus. r. Afr. cent. Ser. 8°, 57: 1-173.

Sah SCD & Dutta SK 1966. Palynostratigraphy of the sedimentary formations of Assam: 1. Stratigraphical position of the Cherra Formation. The Palaeobotanist 15 (1-2): 72-86. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1966.750

Sah SCD & Kar RK 1969. Pteridophytic spores from the Laki Series of Kutch, Gujarat, India. J. Sen. Mem. Vol.: 109-121.

Sah SCD & Kar RK 1970. Palynology of the Laki sediments in Kutch: 3. Pollen from the bore-holes around Jhulrai, Baranda and Panandhro. The Palaeobotanist 18 (2): 127-142. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1969.826

Sah SCD & Kar RK 1972. Palynostrati- graphic evaluation of the Lower Eocene sedi- ments of India. Proc. Sem. Palaeopalynol. Indian Stratgr. Calcutta, 1971: 255-265.

Sah SCD & Kar RK 1974. Palynology of the Tertiary sediments of Palana, Rajasthan. The Palaeobotanist 21 (2): 163-188. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1972.1479

Sah SCD & Singh RY 1974. Palynological biostratigraphy of the Tura Formation in the type area. Symp. Stratgr. & Palynol., Spec. Publ., Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, 3: 76-98.

Sah SCD, Kar RK & Singh RY 1971. Stratigraphic range of Dandotiaspora gen. nov. in the Lower Eocene sediments of India. Geophytology, 1 (1): 54-63.

Salujha SK, Kindra GS & Rehman K 1972. Palynology of the South Shillong front part-1: The Palaeogene of Garo hills. Proc. Sem. Palaeopalynol. Indian Stratgr.,: 265-291.

Sengupta BK 1959. Zones of Palaeogene of Lakhpat, north-western Kutch, India. Micropaleontology, 5: 365-368.

Sengupta BK 1964. Tertiary biostratigraphy of a part of N.W. Kutch. J. geol. Soc. India, 5: 138-158.

Sengupta BK 1965. Morphology of some key species of Nummulites from Indian Eocene. J. palaeont., 39 (1): 86-96.

Schopf JM, Wilson LR & Bentall R 1944. An annotated synopsis of Palaeozoic fossil spores and the definition of generic groups. Rep. Illinois St. geol. Surv., 91: 1-66.

Sowerby JC 1840. Systematic list of organic remains. Appendix to Grant, C. W., Memoir to illustrate a geological map of Cutch. Trans. geol. Soc. London, 5: 327-329.

Tandon KK 1962. Fossiliferous Laki beds from Kutch. Curr. Sci., 31: 65-66.

Tandon KK 1971. Occurrence of Venericardia beaumonti D' Archiac & Haime from Nareda, south-western Kutch, India. Geophytology, 1 (1): 70-74.

Tewari BS 1952. Tertiary beds of Vinjhan- Miani area south-west Kutch, India. Curr. Sci., 21 (8): 217-218.

Tewari BS 1957. Geology and the stratigraphy of the area between Waghopadar and Chero- padi, Kutch, Western India. J. palaeont. Soc. India, 2: 136-148.

Tewari BS & Singh MP 1969. On the presence of Auversian beds in Kanoj-Sehe Section, Kutch. J. palaeont. Soc. India, 13: 48-52.

Ting WS 1961. On some pollen of Californian Umbelliferae. Pollen Spores, 3 (2): 189-199.

Thomson PW & Pflug HD 1953. Pollen und Sporen des mitteleneuropaischen Tertiärs. Palaeontographica, 94B: 1-138.

/9/2023

Van Der Hammen T 1954. El desarrollo de la Flora colombiana en los periodos Geologicos 1. Maestrichtiano Hasta Terciario mas Inferior. Boln geol., Bogotá, 11 (1): 49-106.

Van Der Hammen T 1955. Principios para la nomenclatura palinologica Sistematica. Inst. Geol. nac. Columbia, Bot. Geol., 2 (2): 21.

Van Der Hammen T 1956. A palynological systematic nomenclature. Boln geol., Bogota, 4 (2 & 3): 63-101.

Venkatachala BS & Kar RK 1968. Fossil pollen comparable to pollen of Barringtonia from the Laki sediments of Kutch. Pollen Spores, 10 (2): 335-339.

Venkatachala BS & Kar RK 1969a. Palynology of the Tertiary sediments of Kutch-1. Spores and pollen from bore-hole no. 14. The Palaeobotanist 17 (2): 157-178. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.792

Venkatachala BS & Kar RK 1969b. Palynology of the Tertiary sediments in Kutch-2. Epiphyllous fungal remains from the bore-hole no. 14. The Palaeobotanist 17 (2): 179-183. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.793

Venkatachala BS, Kar RK & Raza S 1969. Palynology of the Mesozoic sediments of Kutch, West India-5. Spores and pollen from Katrol exposures near Bhuj, Kutch District, Gujarat State. The Palaeobotanist 17 (2): 184-207. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.794

Venkatachala BS & Rawat MS 1971. Palynological zonation of the Tertiary subcrop sequence in the Cauvery basin, South India. 3rd intern., Palynol. Conf. Novosibirsk, U.S.S.R. Abstract.

Wodehouse RP 1933. Tertiary pollen-II. The oil shales of the Eocene Green River Formation. Bull. Torrey bot. Club, 60: 479-524.

WYNNE AB 1872. Memoir on the Geology of Kutch. Mem. geol. Surv. India, 9: 1-289.