Additional terminal proterozoic organic-walled microfossils from the Infra-Krol Formation, Nainital Syncline, Lesser Himalaya, Uttaranchal

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Shukla, M [1 ]
Babu, R
Mathur, VK
Srivastava, DK
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[1] Birbal Sahni Inst Paleobot, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India
[2] Geol Survey India, Palaeontol Div, Lucknow 226024, Uttar Pradesh, India
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terminal proterozoic; organic-walled microfossils; Infra Krol Formation; Nainital Syncline; Uttaranchal;
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Black carbonaceous shale associated with black chert nodules of Infra Krol Formation, Baliana Group yielded diversified assemblage comprising 20 taxa of organic-walled microfossils (OWM) represented by acritarchs and cyanobacterial remains. Out of these, 16 taxa are reported for the first time from this area which include five genera of acritarchs (sphaeromorphida subgroup) via. Margominuscula simplex, Granomarginata primitiva, Satka colonialica, Paracrassophaera dedalea, Microconcentrica incrustata, and sex genera (sphaerohystrichomorphida subgroup) viz. Baltisphaeridium perrarum, Trachyhystrichosphaera vidalii, Gorganisphaeridium maximum, Micrhystridium echinuatum, M. regulare, M. eatonensis, Archaeohystrichosphaeridium cellulare, A. semireticulatom, Germinosphaera unispinosa: four taxa of the cyanobacterial remains viz. Globophycus rugosum, Baylinella faveolata, Eomicrocystis malgica, Tetraphycus hebeiensis, Eophormidium orculiformis belong to Synaplomorphitae subgroup and single genus of VSM viz, Melanocyrillium hexodiadema. The recovered microbiotic assemblage compares well with the assemblages known from the Terminal Proterozoic sediments. The large sized acanthomorph Trachyhystrichosphaera vidalii, recorded here for the first time, is known globally after Varanger glaciation and before diversification of Ediacaran biota. An analysis of the recovered microbiotic assemblage in the Infra Krol Formation suggests its autochthomous nature. It was deposited in stable, shallow water, restricted pond or lake which had occasional contact with the open sea.
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