Vertebrate faunas from the Indian Gondwana Sequence

P.P. Satsangi

doi:10.54991/jop.1987.1584

Authors

P.P. Satsangi Palaeontology Division, Geological Survey of India. North-Eastern Region, Spring Vale near Kumud Villa, Nongrim Hills, Shillong 793003, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1987.1584

Keywords:

Vertebrate fauna, Gondwana stratigraphy, Palaeogeography, Permian, Lower Jurassic (India)

Abstract

In the thick pile of continental sediments of the Gondwana Sequence of India, the vertebrate-bearing horizons occur at nine stratigraphic levels; three of these are in the Palaeozoic and six in the Mesozoic. A vertebrate sequence covering the period from Upper Permian to Lower Jurassic is now known from the Indian Gondwana Formations. A brief review of the vertebrate faunas with their stratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance has been presented.