Morelletpora (a dasycladacean alga) from the Fulra Limestone Formation of the south western Kachchh

Sumedh K. Humane; P. Kundal

doi:10.54991/jop.2006.94

Authors

Sumedh K. Humane Postgraduate Department of Geology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur 440001 (MS), India
P. Kundal Postgraduate Department of Geology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur 440001 (MS), India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2006.94

Keywords:

Morelletpora, Dasycladacean alga, Taxonomy, Late Middle Eocene, Kachchh

Abstract

The carbonates of the Fulra Limestone Formation (Late Middle Eocene) revealed the presence of Morelletpora sp. from southwestern Kachchh, India. Earlier the genus Morelletpora was reported from the Khairabad Limestone (Ranikot beds) of the Nammal Gorge, Salt Range (Punjab, Pakistan). This dasycladacean alga has been recovered for the first time from the marine limestones of the Jadwa Stream section of south western Kachchh. The presence of dasycladacean alga, Morelletpora suggests that this carbonate shelf of the Fulra Limestone Formation was deposited at very shallow marine water.

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