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{"title":"Fig leaf from the Middle Siwalik sediments of eastern Nepal with implication on biogeography and palaeoclimate","authors":"Purushottam Adhikari, Harshita Bhatia, Dhan Bahadur Khatri, Sadananda, G. Srivastava, R. Mehrotra, K. Paudayal","doi":"10.1177/05529360241258246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241258246","url":null,"abstract":"The Siwalik flora is important in understanding the orogeny of the Himalayas and the resulting climate change. Though the fossil records from the eastern Himalayan Siwalik of Nepal are sparse, we report a fossil leaf impression/ compression of Ficus precunea Lakhanpal from the Middle Siwalik (upper Miocene–lower Pliocene) sediments of eastern Nepal. The characteristic leaf venation pattern and morphological details suggest its strong affinity with the extant species of F. semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. The fossil assemblage indicates the presence of seasonal forests during the depositional period in the region.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141355607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response of inner shelf benthic foraminiferal community to different concentrations of dissolved oxygen under laboratory culture experiment","authors":"S. R. Kurtarkar, Amrata Kaithwar, R. Saraswat","doi":"10.1177/05529360241254215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241254215","url":null,"abstract":"Dissolved oxygen, a vital parameter for a majority of marine organisms, may decline in the near future due to anthropogenic eutrophication in coastal waters. The effect of depleting dissolved oxygen on the marine benthic community is difficult to assess from field studies, as dissolved oxygen often co-varies with several other parameters, especially organic matter. The controlled laboratory culture experiments can help to assess the effect of a specific parameter on marine organisms. Foraminifera constitute a substantial fraction of the marine benthic organisms, and a few species are vulnerable to depleted oxygen. A majority of the previous culture experiments have used isolated specimens of individual benthic foraminiferal species. Although such studies helped to understand the response of individual species to a particular parameter, they have to be scaled up to understand the community-level response of benthic foraminifera. Here, we assess the community-level response of the shallow subtidal benthic foraminiferal community to five different oxygen concentrations (1.67 mL/L to 5.01 mL/L) in a laboratory culture experiment. The living benthic foraminiferal abundance was considerably high at the intermediate oxygen concentration, whereas it decreased at both the lower and higher concentrations. The decreasing dissolved oxygen caused poor preservation of dead benthic foraminifera due to a drop in pH. The relative abundance trend of the species belonging to the same genus was different, suggesting a species-specific response to the dissolved oxygen. The maximum abundance at 2.91 mL/L and the varying response of individual species clearly suggest a non-linear response of the benthic foraminiferal community to the dissolved oxygen.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141356676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Middle Eocene molluscan fossils from the Siju Formation of the Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India","authors":"Y. R. Singh, Sh. Priyokumar Singh, K. B. Devi, W. A. Singh, Ningthoujam Surdas Singh","doi":"10.1177/05529360241254917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241254917","url":null,"abstract":"Bivalves and Gastropoda are collected from the Siju Formation of South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Eighteen molluscan taxa are recorded, that is, nine taxa of bivalves and nine taxa of gastropods. These are comprising Ostrea ( Ostrea) adbasaensis, Lucina rakhiensis, Lucina ( Lucina) yawensis, Trachycardium minbuense, Mactra ( Mactra) protoreevesii, Pitar ( Calpitaria) carteri, Paphia ( Callistotapes) pseudoliratus, Tellina ( Peronaea) planta, Corbula ( Bicorbula) praexarata, Natica coxi, Seila stracheyi, Euspira soriensis, Semicassis mekranica, Oliva ( Strephona) australis var. indica, Conus ( Lithoconus) kyudawonensis. Dolium ( Eudolium) arabicum, Gistortia ( Vicetia) depressa and Planorbis sp. The detailed systematic description of the present molluscan fossils is studied. One zone is established, that is, Lucina yawensis– E. soriensis zone, for correlation purpose and dating. Overall, the zone is based on the total range of molluscan species and name accordingly. The present zone has been assigned to Middle Eocene in age.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141367169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using proxy data and vegetation modelling to predict past, current and future distributional shifts of Butea monosperma, a marker of land degradation in India","authors":"Pooja Nitin Saraf, J. Srivastava, Bipin Charles, François Munoz, Pujarini Samal, Md. Firoze Quamar","doi":"10.1177/05529360241240092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241240092","url":null,"abstract":"Extensive deviations in spatio-temporal social and environmental dynamics currently alter the health of ecosystems and the services they provide. Detecting the causes that contribute to the distribution of a natural forest species capable of restoring the lost ecosystem function and productivity will aid in determining better food security, livelihoods and provision of ecosystem goods and services. We modelled the spatial range of Butea monosperma (B. monosperma) under past, that is, Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), Middle Holocene (MH), current and future (2070) climatic scenarios with Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) trained on present-day occurrences. We identified areas of suitable habitats for which the estimation of habitat stability is predicted in all the models at different times. To validate the inferred suitable habitat, we tested the model by the current occurrence and fossil pollen data of B. monosperma. Our distribution models agree with the fossil pollen records for the MH (4,500–7,000 yr BP) and predict the prevalence of B. monosperma covering 84.22% of the Indian subcontinent with maximum habitat stability in western and southwestern India (10.95%). The widespread potential distribution of the plant species during the LGM supports the presence of the last remnants of tropical dry deciduous forest in the region. However, a decline in habitat suitability (62.84%) is predicted under current and future climatic scenarios with maximum stability (0.90%–3.09%) along the Western Ghats, Nilgiri hills, Gir range in the western India and north-eastern region covering the Assam Valley and foothills of Tripura and Mizo hills. Temperature seasonality (33.6%) measured in terms of variable contribution in MaxEnt model significantly affects the distribution shift of B. monosperma, along with annual precipitation (22.8%) and annual mean temperature (16.2%). Model results provide evidence of habitat reduction and identify the stability hotspots for B. monosperma for its conservation and establishment of land management policies mainly for the dry tropics.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141113539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Foraminiferal biofacies distribution in the outer channel of Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India","authors":"Sucheta Das, Anupam Ghosh, Supriya Mondal","doi":"10.1177/05529360241227553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241227553","url":null,"abstract":"Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are widely used as a proxy to monitor the coastal environment’s health. The current work involves the seasonal distribution of foraminifera in the outer channel sector of the Chilika Lagoon, Odisha during 2017–2018. The outer channel is marine as the sea mouth is nearby. Altogether 28 species of benthic foraminifera are identified, among which dominant are Ammonia spp. The other calcareous taxa are Elphidium spp, Quinqueloculina sp., Haynesina spp., Pararotalia sp., Hanzawaia sp., Nonionellina sp. and agglutinated forms such as Miliammina sp., Trochammina sp. and Textularina sp. are found in moderate abundance. Based on the pre-monsoon abundance, the cluster analyses show two distinct biofacies zones in the studied area. Total foraminiferal number (TFN) increases during pre-monsoon compared to post-monsoon months. A trend of decreasing abundance was observed in TFN, mainly calcareous taxa towards the inner part of the lagoon, that is, away from the sea mouth.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139783542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Foraminiferal biofacies distribution in the outer channel of Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India","authors":"Sucheta Das, Anupam Ghosh, Supriya Mondal","doi":"10.1177/05529360241227553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241227553","url":null,"abstract":"Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are widely used as a proxy to monitor the coastal environment’s health. The current work involves the seasonal distribution of foraminifera in the outer channel sector of the Chilika Lagoon, Odisha during 2017–2018. The outer channel is marine as the sea mouth is nearby. Altogether 28 species of benthic foraminifera are identified, among which dominant are Ammonia spp. The other calcareous taxa are Elphidium spp, Quinqueloculina sp., Haynesina spp., Pararotalia sp., Hanzawaia sp., Nonionellina sp. and agglutinated forms such as Miliammina sp., Trochammina sp. and Textularina sp. are found in moderate abundance. Based on the pre-monsoon abundance, the cluster analyses show two distinct biofacies zones in the studied area. Total foraminiferal number (TFN) increases during pre-monsoon compared to post-monsoon months. A trend of decreasing abundance was observed in TFN, mainly calcareous taxa towards the inner part of the lagoon, that is, away from the sea mouth.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139843424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Record of Early Cretaceous dinoflagellate cysts from well JM-A, Dhansiri Valley of Upper Assam Shelf, India","authors":"Divya Geddada, Kanchi Narsimha","doi":"10.1177/05529360231219329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231219329","url":null,"abstract":"A palynological study on subsurface Early Cretaceous sediments (1550–1860 m) in well JM-A located in Dhansiri Valley, Upper Assam Shelf has been carried out for determination of age and depositional environment. The palynological investigations resulted into the identification of the characteristic and diversified occurrence of Early Cretaceous dinoflagellate cysts comprising Batioladinium micropodum, Achomosphaera? neptuni, Batiacasphaera asperata, Lagenorhytis sp. cf. L. delicatula, Mendicodinium caperatum and Canningia sp. along with associated dinoflagellate cysts. The significant assemblage of spore-pollen assemblage represented by Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Ceratosporites equalis, Gleicheniidites circinidites, Contignisporites cooksonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus, Podosporites tripakshii and Callialasporites trilobatus has also been recorded. The Early Cretaceous sediments are regarded as Bamangaon Formation in Dhansiri Valley. The occurrence of dinoflagellate cysts suggests marginal marine environment for Bamangaon Formation deposited during the Early Cretaceous period corresponding to the Rift Phase. The Formation overlies the Metamorphic Basement Complex, and it is unconformably overlain by the sediments of Tura Formation of Ypresian (Early Eocene) age, deposited under subtidal to inner shelf environment during the Passive Margin Tectonic Phase.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139160608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial distribution of pteropods from North Andaman Sea: Insights into aragonite supply and deposition in low saline, delta shelf regimes","authors":"R. Panchang, Rajiv Nigam, Mugdha Ambokar","doi":"10.1177/05529360231220693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231220693","url":null,"abstract":"Pteropods are important components of the marine zooplankton. Not only are they crucial parts of the pelagic ecosystem but are also key contributors to the global carbon budget. Their shells sink to the ocean floor contributing to the inorganic carbon supply to the ocean floor. Being aragonitic, they easily dissolve in oceans receiving fresh water. They also dissolve as they sink beyond the Aragonite Saturation Zone, that is, within the top 500 m of the water column, releasing the trapped CO2 into the surrounding waters. Their taxonomic and quantitative distribution on the modern ocean floor can help strengthen estimates of inorganic carbon supply in shallow oceans, which are also susceptible to climate-induced dissolution. The present study, for the first time, reports 18 pteropod taxa, their abundances and spatial distribution from the surface sediments of the Ayeyarwady Delta Shelf in the North Andaman Sea, characterised by a very high influx of riverine water and sediments.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139160266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A first report on the distribution of Ostracod taxa in the Ashtamudi Lake, southwest coast of Kerala, India","authors":"K. Radhakrishnan, S.M. Hussain, P. Prakasheswar, Desna Mary Augustine, Vijayaraman","doi":"10.1177/05529360231219324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231219324","url":null,"abstract":"The present study is the first taxonomical account of Ostracoda occurring in the sediments of the Ashtamudi Lake in Kerala, intending to generate a baseline for future palaeo-ecological or palaeoenvironmental applications. A total of 22 Ostracod species belonging to 16 genera, 11 families, 5 superfamilies and 2 suborders of the order Podocopida have been identified from 66 surface sediment samples collected across the lake. Sedimentological parameters, such as CaCO3, organic matter, sand silt and clay, were estimated and their distribution is discussed. The ratio between the carapaces and open valves has been taken into consideration for determining the rate of sedimentation in the study area.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139160771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reappraisal of stratigraphic position of a sandstone included in the Bagh Formation, exposed near Belam Bujurg, Khargone District, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"Rahul Sirvi, Aneesh Soman, V. D. Borkar, K. Kulkarni","doi":"10.1177/05529360231205134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231205134","url":null,"abstract":"A sandstone included in the Bagh Formation occurs at Belam Bujurg, District Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. Its stratigraphic position is controversial. Bose considered it as Nimar Sandstone. His observation, that it is capped by a limestone containing bryozoans, implies that Sitapuri Bryozoan Limestone directly overlies Nimar Sandstone at Belam Bujurg. However, it is contradictory to Chiplonkar’s (1982) observation that Nodular limestone is invariably associated with Nimar Sandstone. According to Roy Chowdhury and Sastri (1954, 1958), this sandstone is an intercalation within the Sitapuri Bryozoan Limestone. Later, Badve (1987) correlated this sandstone with Nimar Sandstone on the basis of similar ichnofauna and believed that overlying limestone cap represented calcareous facies coming at the top of Nimar Sandstone. However, elsewhere frequency and variety of trace fossils are distinctly more in limestone layers, in comparison to sandstone layers. Moreover, the presence of similar trace fossils indicates similarity in the conditions of deposition, rather than correlation. Recent fieldwork by the present authors corroborates that this sandstone is an intercalation within Sitapuri Bryozoan Limestone. Identification of the bryozoan Limestone was confirmed by petrographic study in thin section.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138954108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}