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{"title":"Recent pollen spectra from Shimla water catchment sanctuary, Kufri (HP): Implications to interpret Holocene pollen records","authors":"Anjali Trivedi, P. Morthekai, Alka Shukla, Anupam Nag, Dhruv Sen Singh","doi":"10.1177/05529360231205149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231205149","url":null,"abstract":"A better understanding on the connection between pollen assemblages and the vegetation that produced them is crucial to reconstruct past habitats and vegetation. Hence, it is necessary to comprehend the level of representation of plants in the modern pollen rain in a given study area. To ascertain the composition of pollen deposited on the surface sediments, palynological analysis of 19 surface soil (SS) samples and moss cushions (MSs) taken from various sites on the surface of the Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary (SWCWS), Kufri, Himachal Pradesh (India) was used in the current study. The dominance of arboreal pollen (trees and shrubs) over the non-arboreal pollen (herbs) was observed. Among the trees, conifers such as Cedrus deodara, Pinus wallichiana, Picea smithiana and Abies pindrow were found in MSs as well as in SS samples. The representation of these taxa corresponds with their factual presence in the forest floristics in the region. The moist and shady habitats loving broad-leaved tree elements such as Quercus and Rhododendron were also found in good numbers. Two multivariate statistical methods, cluster analysis and principal components analysis, were used to study the associations of studies pollen taxa and the variability among them. All the 19 samples were clustered into four. This analysis will help to interpret the palaeodata whether the landscape was influenced by anthropogenic activities or not in the recent past.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134906254","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":"Discovery of <i>Parapelomys</i> (Murinae) from the Siwalik Group of Mohand, NW Himalaya: Palaeobiogeography implications","authors":"Ansuya Bhandari, Lawrence J. Flynn, Kapesa Lokho","doi":"10.1177/05529360231205119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231205119","url":null,"abstract":"An isolated rodent lower molar is being reported from Mohand II locality (gastropod/otolith locality) of the Siwalik Group exposed in the Mohand area, along the Saharanpur–Dehradun road. The fossils yielding mudstone units from the Siwalik Group exposed in the Doon Valley, Mohand, in the western Himalayan region. The occurrence of this murine mouse lineage, Parapelomys, is consistent with the late Miocene age based on palaeomagnetic reversal stratigraphy. The fossil represents a species apparently more primitive and older than the type species of the genus Parapelomys robertsi. The find documents the geographic range of this mouse lineage 500 km southeast of the type area for the species in the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan. The associated fauna comprises gastropods, ostracods, cyprinid fish and crocodiles in our collection.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"29 18","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134905538","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":"Palynological response deduced through spatially distinct surface samples to reconstruct palaeoecology and palaeoclimate of the Barak Valley, Assam (Indo-Burma region), northeast India","authors":"Swati Tripathi, Arya Pandey","doi":"10.1177/05529360231205316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231205316","url":null,"abstract":"Establishing modern pollen analogues under various vegetation types in a location is necessary without which it is difficult to accurately interpret fossil pollen assemblages in any region in terms of the past environment and palaeoclimate. We have analysed the modern pollen dataset of 30 surface soil and sediment samples from the forested, cropland, wetland and river sites of the Karimganj District in south Assam, to comprehend the connection between the recent pollen assemblage and the vegetation patterns in the Barak Valley. The overall pollen data reflect the tropical moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forest comprising Syzygium, Schleichera, Terminalia, Lagerstroemia, Duabanga, Sapotaceae, Ilex, Mesua and Schima under a warm and humid climate in response to rainfall variations in the region. The presence of Euphorbiaceae and Convolvulaceae inferred high monsoonal activity in and around the region. A robust relationship between local herbaceous vegetation and pollen was observed. The steady occurrence of cereal pollen (average 18.67%) along with other cultural pollen taxa like Brassicaceae, Coriandrum and Solanaceae illustrate intense agricultural activity around the valley areas. Multivariate principal component analysis (PCA) and box plot were applied to the quantified data obtained from pollen frequency analyses of the surface samples which clearly revealed a significant variation and similarity in vegetation types. Thus, an attempt has been commenced to precisely observe the behavioural pattern of modern pollen deposition in a varied depositional setting, which could, in turn, help in assessing the expanse of agricultural practices and the depth of deterioration of pristine forests and surrounding areas. This modern training dataset could also help in the precise reconstruction of past climate and vegetation shifts in the Barak Valley region. A correlation of regional palynodata with other regions of the Indian subcontinent and Indo-Burma will also be assessed for better interpretation.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"43 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134907655","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":"Microfacies correlation, analysis and palaeoecological reconstruction of Rupelian–Aquitanian succession in the central part of Lorestan Province, Northwestern Iran","authors":"Mohammad Rajabi, Saeedeh Senemari, Maryamnaz Bahrammanesh Tehrani","doi":"10.1177/05529360231181862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231181862","url":null,"abstract":"The Oligocene–Miocene Asmari Formation is a sequence of shallow-water carbonate carbonates in the Zagros Basin. This formation is a significant oil reservoir that was formed in the Zagros foreland basin in southwestern Iran. The Razan section, located in the northwest of Zagros in the Lorestan province, was investigated to study microfacies types and evaluate the sedimentary environment. This section was then compared with the MakhmalKuh and Dehloran sections. It comprises limestone units with thin to medium strata, sometimes thick-bedded limestone, and other skeletal and non-skeletal components. Based on the biostratigraphy studies, 24 foraminifer genera and species have been identified. Among the foraminifera, the species of Peneroplis farsensis, Peneroplis evolutus, Austrotrilina howchini, Austrotrilina asmarensis, Dendritinarangi, Quinqueloculina sp., Triloculina trigonula, Pyrgo sp., Polymorphinids, Spiroluculina sp. and Meandropsina anahensis are the most important specimens. Based on identified co-occurrence taxa, the Austrotrilina howchini–Peneroplis evolutus assemblage zone has been recognised in the study area, which indicates early Miocene (Aquitanian). Texture analysis and faunal assemblages led to the recognition of fourteen microfacies. Based on the petrographic analysis, five depositional settings were determined in the studied section: (a) the outer ramp settings dominated by pelagic foraminifera, bryozoan, echinoid and benthic foraminifera such as Nummulites, Rotalia, Dendritina and Meandropesina iranica as a proxy for relatively deep marine conditions; (b) the mid ramp, characterised by sizeable perforate foraminifera such as Amphistegina, Operculina, Heterostegina and planktonic foraminifera; (c) the barrier, marginal marine environment dominated by foraminifera such as Miogypsinoides sp., Peneroplis, Meandropsina, Dendritina and Neoalveolina, as well as peloid and corallinacean algae; (d) the lagoon dominated by benthic foraminifera Austrotrillina, Dendritina, Peneroplis, Miogypsinoides, Borelis, Archaias, miliolids and red algae and (e) the tidal flat, the shallowest part of the inner ramp, dominated by fenestral dolo-mudstone without any fossils. The faunal assemblages represent warm tropical waters under euphotic and mesophotic conditions in a homoclinal ramp.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135959724","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 freshwater ostracod assemblage from the Kesavi intertrappean beds (latest Cretaceous/earliest Paleocene) of lower Narmada Valley, Malwa Sub-province of Deccan Traps, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"Ravi Yadav, A. S. Maurya","doi":"10.1177/05529360231181799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231181799","url":null,"abstract":"We here report a new freshwater ostracod assemblage comprising 11 species ( Frambocythere tumiensis anjarensis, Gomphocythere paucisulcatus, G. strangulata, Limnocythere deccanensis, Zonocypris spirula, Eucypris intervolcanus, Cypria cyrtonidion, Stenocypris cylindrical, Cypridopsis hyperectyphos, Candona amosi, Eucypris sp.) from a newly discovered intertrappean locality at Kesavi, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh. This locality lies in the lower Narmada Valley of Malwa sub-province, a poorly studied region of the Deccan Traps volcanic province of peninsular India compared to the other volcanic sub-provinces. The ostracod assemblage from Kesavi is similar to those known from different parts of the Deccan volcanic province and lacks any brackish or marine elements. The endobenthic crawler Frambocythere tumiensis dominates the assemblage, indicating a lacustrine freshwater depositional environment.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135958984","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":"Revised lithostratigraphic classification of the Cambrian Kunzam La Formation and its biostratigraphic correlations from Zanskar to Spiti, Tethyan Himalaya","authors":"Birendra P. Singh, O. N. Bhargava, Vishal Verma, Ravi S. Chaubey, S. K. Prasad","doi":"10.1177/05529360231182287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231182287","url":null,"abstract":"In the northwest Himalayas, the Cambrian sequences forming part of the Tethyan Himalayan Zone are well preserved in the Zanskar and Spiti regions. In the present work, we critically examine the geologic, stratigraphic and biostratigraphic aspects of the Cambrian Kunzam La Formation exposed in the Zanskar (i.e., in the Niri-Tsarap Chu and Kurgiakh valleys) and Spiti regions (i.e., in Chandra, Parahio, Pin and Sumna valleys sections). Although the Kunzam La Formation is extensively developed, none of the sections from Zanskar to the Spiti regions preserves its complete succession. The present work reveals the presence of a fault in each studied section, which has eliminated different stratigraphic portions of the Kunzam La Formation. Therefore, based on overall lithologic characteristics, biostratigraphic parameters and local preservation state, this formation is re-classified into three formal members: the Chandra, Parahio and Purni. We also present lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic correlations of the Kunzam La Formation from the Zanskar to Spiti regions, which validate our lithostratigraphic division.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136154561","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":"<i>Trypanites</i> ichnofacies and its multifarious significance: A case study from the Miocene Boka Bil Formation of Manipur, India","authors":"Khundom Inaobi, Pradeep Kundal, Mairenbam Chandra Singh, Chabungbam Sharatchand Singh","doi":"10.1177/05529360231181818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231181818","url":null,"abstract":"Bioerosional structures are well preserved in the Miocene Boka Bil Formation, exposed in the Kaiphundai section, Thangjing Hill Range of Manipur, India. Eleven ichnospecies representing the Trypanites Ichnofacies, viz., Entobia cateniformis, E. ovula, Gastrochaenolites anauchen, G. cluniformis, G. lapidicus, G. orbicularis, G. ornatus, G. torpedo, Maeandropolydora sulcans, Trypanites solitarius and T. weisei, are recorded from the two sections of the Boka Bil Formation. Two distinctive ichnoassemblages, Entobia-dominated and Gastrochaenolites-dominated are recognised. The Entobia-dominated assemblage suggests relatively deeper marine conditions in the deeper part of the back reef or fore reef while the Gastrochaenolites-dominated assemblage points shallower marine conditions, underwater depth of a few metres in the back reef to patch-reef zone of a back-reef lagoon.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"2015 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136235336","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":"Distribution of recent Benthic foraminifera in Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden; North-West Svalbard, High Arctic","authors":"Debolina Chatterjee, Anupam Ghosh","doi":"10.1177/05529360231183470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231183470","url":null,"abstract":"Benthic foraminifera assemblages from two fjords of Svalbard—Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden in the High Arctic—have been studied. The foraminifera assemblages show three characteristic assemblages from the two fjords’ glacial proximal, middle and distal parts. The Cassidulina reniforme– Elphidium clavatum, Textularia spp. assemblage dominates the foraminifera fauna near the glacier proximal that indicates increased sedimentation and meltwater runoff; a Nonionellina labradorica– Islandiella helenae– Lobatula lobatula assemblage relates to well-oxygenated and high energy conditions and mainly occupies the middle part; and the Nonionellina labradorica– Islandiella helenae assemblages dominate in the distal region that indicates high surface primary productivity. Krossfjorden contains an oxygen deficiency zone around the middle part characterised by Stainforthia loeblichi. The abundance of Islandiella helenae and Nonionellina labradorica indicates that the high surface primary productivity of Krossfjorden is more than that of Kongsfjorden.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136153818","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":"Diatom response in different climatic zones from west coast of India","authors":"Pooja Tiwari, Purnima Srivastava, Biswajeet Thakur","doi":"10.1177/05529360231182261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231182261","url":null,"abstract":"Coastal margins and their ecological setting are one of the magnificent landforms on globe. The complex interaction among the different biotic and abiotic components through ages has addressed that due to climatic changes the coastal regions, one of the pioneer regions, have been getting affected and this may continue in the future also. The role of microfossils through ages has helped in delineating the past climatic manifestations and global changes and amongst them diatoms also provide a valuable tool for inferring past climate and ecological variability in the dynamic coastal system. In the study, a modern set of 77 samples from different climatic zones along the west coast of India has been studied to gain knowledge about the present-day climate status and record environmentally susceptible diatoms to form a modern analogue for coastal settings. The study shows various associations of planktic and benthic diatoms that hitherto provide precious information about the diatoms and their relation to the climatic regions and ecological status. The change in the frequency of planktic and benthic diatoms inculcate the water levels, pH, salinity changes, tidal variability and trophic status. Hence, the study aims to provide a robust database on diatoms for the various climatic zones from the west coast of India and would inevitably fill knowledge gap in terms of primary productivity for broad implications. The study also aims to provide background for transfer-based function for the reconstruction of long-term palaeoclimatic records for the transition zone of terrestrial and oceanic realms.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"214 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134913054","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":"First record of late Devonian-early Carboniferous palynoflora from the Lipak Formation, Spiti Basin, Tethyan Himalaya, India, and their biostratigraphic implications","authors":"Suyash Gupta, Anju Saxena, Husain Shabbar, Srikanta Murthy, Kamal Jeet Singh, Rameshwar Bali","doi":"10.1177/05529360231182233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360231182233","url":null,"abstract":"The present work elucidates palynofloral records from the Lipak Formation (late Devonian– early Carboniferous) of the Spiti Basin. The study has been carried out from three different sections of Spiti and Pin valleys to look for the signatures of terrestrial plants in the Tethyan realm and assess the relative palynodating of the studied sediments. The recovered palynoassemblage from the exposures of Lipak Formation, near Takche Locality, Spiti Valley, mainly comprises spores and has the dominance of Verrucosisporites, Dictyotriletes, Lophozonotriletes, Convolutispora followed by subordinate occurrences of Rugospora, Cymbosporites and Knoxisporites along with reworked pollen grain Plicatipollenites. The recovered palynoassemblage of Lipak Formation exposure at Guling Village of Pin Valley comprises Spelaeotriletes, Tricidarisporites, Calamospora, Callumispora and reworked pollen grains. The reworked pollen grains are characterised by the dominance of Faunipollenites, Scheuringipollenites and Parasaccites and followed by subordinate occurrences of the Densipollenites, Striatopodocarpites, Platysaccus, Alisporites, Striomonosaccites, Chordasporites and Verticipollenites pollen grains. The exposure of this Formation near Muth Village of Pin Valley is found to be palynologically barren. The recovered palynoflora is correlated with palynofloral records of the Tethyan realm of India and palynofloral records from coeval sequences worldwide. The recovered palynocomposition shows a close resemblance to Retispora lepidophyta–Verrucosisporites nitidus (LN) and Vallatisporites verrucosus–Retusotriletes incohatus (VI) Assemblage zones of Western Europe and Cordylosporites–Verrucosisporites Biozone of Argentina which indicates that studied section of the Lipak Formation is upper Famennian to early Tournaisian age. The recovered reworked palynomorphs belong to the Permian age, which may be deposited in the Lipak Formation through stratigraphic leakage. Palynomorphs include spores of affinities of Zygopteridiales, Marattiales, Botryopteridales, Equisetales/Noeggerathiales/Sphenophyllales group of plants. In contrast, palaeobotanical affinities of pollen grains are linked with the Filicales, Cordaitales and Glossopteridales group of plants.","PeriodicalId":48900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India","volume":"358 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134912702","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}