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Himalayan Geology, Vol. 30 (1),
2009, pp.69-73 Printed in India
Record of Palynomorphs from the upper Murree, Jammu, India
Y. RAGHUMANI SINGH1, N.N. DOGRA2, ARJUN RATHORE3
1. Dept. of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Manipur-795003, India
2. Dept. of Geology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
3. Dept. of Geology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Abstract: The palynomorphs recorded herein for the first time from
the Laren bed in the basal part of the Upper Murree are stratigraphically
significant. They belong to 14 species in 11 form genera, of which 9 species
are new. This miofloral assemblage is dominated by Striatriletes spp.,
Pinuspollenites sp., Polypodiaceaesporites sp., Podocarpidites sp.,
Botryococcus sp. Corrugatisporites sp., etc. It indicates a Late
Oligocene-Early Miocene age for the fossiliferous horizon and a swampy
(fresh water) depositional environment tropical to subtropical conditions. |
