Palynology of the Matanomadh formation in type area, North Western Kutch, India (Part 1). Systematic description of pteridophytic spores

R.K. Saxena

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.1030

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.1030

Abstract

The present paper deals with the systematic description of the pteridophytic spores recovered from the Matanomadh Formation in its type area, north-western Kutch, India. The palynological assemblage described in this paper is represented by 27 species of pteridophytic spores assigned to 14 dispersed genera. Of these, 4 species are new.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

References

Balme BE 1957. Spores and pollen grains from the Mesozoic of Western Australia. Rep. Commonw. Scient. Ind. Res. Org. Australia, 25: 1-48.

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

Biswas SK & Raju DSN 1971. Note on the rock-stratigraphic classification of the Tertiary sediments of Kutch. Q. Jl geol. Min. metall. Soc. India, 43(3): 177-180.

Biswas SK & Raju DSN 1973. The rockstratigraphic classification of the Tertiary sediments of Kutch. Bull. Oil nat. Gas Commn., 10(1-2): 37-45.

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

Couper RA 1958. British Mesozoic microspore and pollen grains – A systemic and stratigraphic study. Palaeontographica, 103B: 75-179.

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

Dutta Sk & Sah SCD 1970. Palynostratigraphy of the Tertiary sediments of Assam: 5. Stratigraphy and palynology of South Shillong Plateau. Palaeontographica, 131B (1-4): 1-72.

Dybova S & Jachowitz A 1957. Microspores of the Upper Silesian coal measures. Inst. geol., 23: 1-326.

Erdtman G 1952. Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy. Waltham Mass, U.S.A.

Ibrahim AC 1933. Sporenformen des Aegirhorizonts des Ruhr Reviers. Dess. Konard Triltsch, Wurzburg: 1-47.

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, 8 (21-22):1-425.

Mathur YK 1963. Studies in the fossil microflora of Kutch, India. 1. On the microflora and 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 Supratrappeans of western Kutch, India. Q. Jl geol. Min. metall. Soc. India, 38: 33-51.

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

Oldham RD 1893. Manual of the Geology of India. 2nd Edition, Calcutta.

Pascoe EH 1964. A Manual of Geology of India and Burma. 3rd Edition, Calcutta.

Poddar MC 1959. Stratigraphy and oil possibilities in Kutch, Western India. Proc. Ist Symp. Dev. Petroleum Resources of Asia & Far East, 10: 146-148.

Poddar MC 1963. Geology and oil possibilities of Tertiary rocks of Western India. Proc. 2nd Symp. Dev. Petroleum Resources of Asia & Far East, 18 (1): 226-230.

POTONIE, R. (1934). Zur Mikrobotanik des eocanen Humodils des Geiseltals (in Zur Mikrobotanik der Kohlen und ihrer Verwandten). Arb. Inst. Palaeobot., 4: 25-125.

Potonie R 1956. Synopsis der Gattungen der Sporae dispersas 1. Teil: Sporites. Beih. geol. Jb., 23: 1-103.

Potonie R 1970. Synopsis der Gattungen der Sporae dispersae V. Teil: Nachtrage zu allen Gruppen (Turmae). Beih. geol. Jb., 87: 1-156.

Potonie R & Gelletich J 1933. Uber Pteri- dophyten-Sporen einer eocänen Braunkohle aus Dorog in Ungarn. Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berl., 33: 517-526.

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

Potonie R, Thomson PW & Thiergart F 1950. Zur Nomenklatur und Klassifikation der neogenen Sporomorphae (pollen und sporen). Geol. Jb., 65: 35-70.

Ross NE 1949. On a Cretaceous pollen and spore bearing clay deposit of Scania. Bull. geol, Instn Upsala, 34: 25-43.

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

Sah SCD & Jain KP 1965. Jurassic spores and pollen grains from the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar, India with a discussion on the age of the Rajmahal Intertrappean beds. The Palaeobotanist 13 (3): 264-290. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1964.702

Sah SCD & Kar RK 1969. Pteridophytic spores from the Laki Series of Kutch, Gujarat, India, in Santapau, H. et al. (Eds.): J. Sen Mem. Vol. Bot. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta: 109-121.

Sah SCD & Kar RK 1970. Palynology of the Laki sediments in Kutch-3. Pollen from 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 & SINGH RY 1971. Stratigraphic range of Dandoliaspora gen. nov. in the Lower Eocene sediments of India. Geophytology, 1 (1): 54-63.

Saxena RK 1977a. Lithostratigraphy of the Matanomadh Formation, Kutch, India.

The Palaeobotanist 24 (3): 261-262. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1975.991

Saxena RK 1977b. On the stratigraphic status of the Matanomadh Formation, Kutch, India. The Palaeobotanist 24 (3): 211-214. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1975.987

Takahashi K 1964. Sporen und Pollen der Oberkretazeischen Hakobouchi-Schichtengruppe Hokkaido. Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. Ser. D. Geol., 14 (3): 159-271.

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

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

Thiergart F 1938. Die pollenflora der Nieder- lausitzer Braunkohle besonders in profil der Grube Marga Bei Senftenberg. Jb. preuss. geol. Landesanst. Berg Acad., 58: 282-351.

Venkatachala BS 1969. Palynology of the Mesozoic sediments of Kutch-4. Spores and pollen from Bhuj exposure near Bhuj, Gujarat State. The Palaeobotanist 17 (2): 208-219. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.795

Venkatachala BS & Kar RK 1968. Fossil pollen comparable to pollen of Barringtonia from 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 of Kutch-2. Epiphyllous fungal remains from the bore hole 183. no. 14. The Palaeobotanist 17 (2): 179-183. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.793

Wynne AB 1872. Geology of Kutch. Mem. geol. Surv. India, 9 (1): 1-289.