Palynology of Bijori formation (Upper Permian) in Satpura Gondwana Basin, India

D.C. Bharadwaj; R.S. Tiwari; Anand-Prakash

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.997

Authors

D.C. Bharadwaj Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
R.S. Tiwari Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Anand-Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.997

Abstract

Bijori Formation, generally equated to the Raniganj Formation (Upper Permian) of Damodar Basin, contains a striated-disaecate dominant mioflora with abundantly represented Densipollenites and Corisaccites-Guttulapollenites and also some other miospores indicating a Permo-Triassic affinity. In the Lower Gondwana deposits of Indian Peninsula, Densipollenites-rich assemblages are characteristic of the coal-less facies towards the close of Raniganj Formation (Upper Permian). but in Satpura Basin comparable mioflora with some definite younger elements seems to exhibit Lower Triassic influence in the Upper Bijoris. By the discovery of this mioflora. the presence of a distinctive assemblage having a Lower Panchet affinity is indicated towards the top of Bijori Formation. There is, Obviously, a big scope for similar studies in the whole of Satpura Basin.

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