Reduviasporonites indicus sp. nov. from the Late Permian strata of Mand Coalfield, Chhattisgarh, India

Ram-Awatar; A. Rajanikanth; S. Gautam

doi:10.54991/jop.2013.341

Authors

Ram-Awatar Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
A. Rajanikanth Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
S. Gautam Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2013.341

Keywords:

Algal/Fungal remain, Late Permian, Mand Coalfield, Son-Mahanadi Basin, India

Abstract

Reduviasporonites considered as a fossil algal/fungal remain, is usually recorded at the proximity of Permian-Triassic boundary. Till date it has been reported from China, Australia, Russia, Greenland, Austria and Saudi Arabia. Here we report a new species of Reduviasporonites (R. indicus)-a very significant evidence for mass extinction event at PTB for the first time from Indian Lower Gondwana sediments of Mand Coalfield, Chhattisgarh. Recent geochemical study of Reduviasporonites suggests that it is of an algal origin rather than fungal. The size of the grain depends on the palaeolatitudational difference.

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