Aninda Mandal and Sudha Gupta*
Department of Botany, Pteridology-Palaeobotany Section, University of Kalyani,
Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
*Email: sudhaguptain@gmail.com
Received-30.01.2015, Revised-23.02.2015
Abstract: Palynological study of the bore hole sediments (BZ-070) from Sonepur-Bazari Open Cast coalmine (Raniganj Formation) in Burdwan district, West Bengal has revealed the presence of Upper Permian palynoflora. A total of 12 species of palynomorphs belonging to 9 genera have been recovered. From the comparison of early records of miospores from Lower Gondwana it is revealed that present miospore assemblage dominated by striate disaccate grains. A warm, temperate climate is suggested during the deposition of sediments based on microfloral assemblage.
Keywords: Palynoflora, Raniganj Formation, Upper Permian, Sonepur-Bazari Coalfield
REFERENCES
Acharyya, S.K.; Ghosh, S.C. and Singh, S. (1977). Limits of stratigraphic distribution of Glossopteris in India: discussion. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 23: 145-158.
Banerjee, M. (1969). Studies on the fossil flora of Indian Lowe Gondwana with particular reference to glossopteridean fructification. Ph.D. thesis, University of Calcutta.
Banerjee, M. (1978). Genus Glossopteris Brongniart and its stratigraphic significance in the Palaeozoic of India. Part I-A revisional study of some species of the genus Glossopteris. Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Bengal, 32: 81-125.
Banerjee, M. (1980). Classification of Glossopteris species on the basis of morphographic characters and consideration of the systematic position of Glossopteris and allied genera. Fifth Gondwana Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Banerjee, M. (1987). A study of the frequency of megaplant fossils in Raniganj Formation (Upper Permian) of Raniganj coalfield, India. Geol. Surv. Ind. Spl. Pub. 11(1): 261-288.
Banerjee, M. (1994). Plant megafossil distribution and environment analysis for biozonations in the Mohuda Basin, Jharia Coalfield, India. Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, 21(3): 175-184.
Banerjee, M. and D’Rozario, A. (1990). Palynostratigraphic correlation of Lower Gondwana sediments in the Chuperbhita and Hura Basins, Rajmahal Hills, Eastern India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 65: 239-255.
Beri, A.; Martinez-Blanco, X. and Mourelle D. (2010). A synthesis of palynological data from the Lower Permian Cerro Pelado Formation (Parana Basin, Uruguay): A record of warmer climate stages during Gondwana glaciations. Geologica Acta, 8(4): 419-429.
Bharadwaj, D.C. (1962). The miospore genera in the coals of Raniganj Satage (Upper Permian), India. The Palaeobotanist, 9: 68-106.
Bharadwaj, D.C. (1971). Palynostratigraphy of Lower Gondwana Succession in India. International Gondwana Symposium. Ann. Geol. Dept. A.M.U., Aligarh 1970. 5&6: 390-419.
Bharadwaj, D.C. (1975). Palynology in biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of Indian Lower Gondwana formatios. Palaeobotany, 22: 150-157.
Bose, M.N. (1966). Plant remains from the Rajmahal and Jabalpur series in the Upper Gondwana of India: In Proc. Symposium on floristics and stratigraphy of Gondwanaland, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, pp. 143-154.
Feistmantel, O. (1880). The fossil flora of the Gondwana system II. The flora of Damuda-Panchet Divisions. Palaeont. Indica Ser 12, 3(2-3): 1-149.
Ghosh, P.K. and Bandopadhyay, S.K. (1967). Palaeogeography of India during the Lower Gondwana times. 1st International Gondwana Symposium, IUGS Symposium, Gondwana Stratigraphy, pp. 523-547.
Hait, A.K. and Banerjee, M. (1994). Palynofloristic study of Permian sediments from Saharjuri basin, Bihar, with remarks on age. Journal of The Palaeontological Society of India, 39: 13-28.
Jansonius, J. and Hills, L.V. (1976). Genera file of fossil spores. Special Publication, Department of Geology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 3287 filing cards (supplements issued from 1977–1998).
Kulshrestha, A.K. (1990). Palynostratigraphy of the Lower Gondwana sediments in Barjora Coalfield, West Bengal, India. Biological Memoirs, 16(1-2): 18-28.
Lele, K.M. (1964). Studies in the Talchir flora of India: 2. Resolution of spore genus Nuskoisporites Pot. & KI. The Palaeobotanist, 12(2): 147-168.
Lele, K.M. (1976). Studies in the Talchir flora of India 3. Stellapollenites, a new monosaccate pollen genus from the south Rewa Gondwana basin. Palaeobotanist, 13(1): 109-113.
Roy Chowdhury, M.K.; Sastry, M.V.A.; Shah, S.C.; Singh, G. and Ghosh, S.C. (1973). Triassic floras in India. In: Campbell, K.S.W. (eds.) Gondwana Geology. Int. Gondwana Symposium, 3rd, Canberra, Aust. Natl. Univ. Press, pp. 149-159.
Saksena, S.D. (1952). Correlation of Gondwana based on evidence of plant fossils. Agra University Journal of Research, 1: 1-13.
Saksena, S.D. (1974). A brief survey of the Gondwana fossil flora of India. In: Surange, K.R.; Lakhanpal, R.N. and Bharadwaj, D.C. (eds) Aspects and Appraisal of Indian Palaeobotany, 1st edition, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, pp. 433-446.
Sarbadhikari, T.R. (1974). The limits of stratigraphic distribution of Glossopteris in India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 18(3-4): 291-307.
Sastry, M.V.A.; Acharyya, S.K.; Shah, S.C.; Satsangi, P.P.; Ghosh, S.C. and Singh, G. (1979). Classification of Indian Gondwana sequence – reappraisal. In: Laskar, B. and Raja Rao, C.S. (eds) 4th International Gondwana symposium papers 1: 502-510.
Sastry, M.V.A.; Acharyya, S.K.; Shah, S.C.; Satsangi, P.P; Ghosh, S.C.; Raha, P.K.; Singh, G. and Ghosh, R.N. (1977). Stratigraphic Lexicon of Gondwana Formations of India. Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication, 36: 1-170.
Scotese, C.R.; Boucot, A.J. and McKerrow, W.S. (1999). Gondwanan paleogeography and paleoclimatology. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 28: 99-114.
Shah, S.C.; Singh, G. and Sastry, M.V.A. (1971). Biostratigraphic classification of Indian Gondwanas. International Symposium on Stratigraphy and Mineral Resources Congress, Annals of the Geological Department V-VI: pp. 306–326.
Singh, I.B. (1981). A critical review of the fossil records in the Krol belt succession and its implications on the biostrstigrsphy and palaeogeography of the lesser Himalaya. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 25: 148-169.
Singh, T. (1979). Palynostratigraphy of the Permian rocks of Siang district, Aruchal Pradesh. In: Verma, P.K. (eds) Metamorphic rock sequences of the eastern Himalaya. K.P. Bagchi & Co., Calcutta, pp. 100-110.
Tiwari, R.S. (1973). Palynological succession in the Barakar type area. Geophytology, 3: 166–183.
Tiwari, R.S. (1974a). Inter-relationship of palynofloras in the Barakar stage (Lower Gondwana) India. Geophytology, 4(2): 11-129.
Tiwari, R.S. (1974b). Miofloral succession in African Lower Gondwanas. Palynological Proterophyta, Palaeophyta. Acad. Nauk SSSR, 130-134.
Tiwari, R.S. (1991). A catalogue of fossil plants from India-B. Palaeozoic and Mesozoic megaspores. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India, pp. 1-7.
Tiwari, R.S. (1999). The palynological succession and spatial relationship of the Indian Gondwana sequence. PINSA, 65(3): 329-375.
Tiwari, R.S. and Tripathi, A. (1988). Palynological zones and their climatic inference in the coal bearing Gondwana of Peninsular India. Palaeobotanist, 36: 87-101.
Tiwari, R.S. and Tripathi, A. (1992). Marker assemblage-zones of spores and pollen species through Gondwana Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sequence in India. Palaeobotanist, 40: 194–236.
Vijaya. and Tiwari, R.S. (1992). Morpho-evolutionary biohorizon stratigraphy and cladistics in saccate pollen through Gondwana sequence of India. In: Venkatachala, B.S. and Singh, H.P. (eds.) Four decades of Indian Palaeobotany. The Palaeobotanist, 40: 157-193.
Vredenburg, E.W. (1910). Summary of the Geology of India. 2nd edition, Calcutta & Simla Thacker, Spink & Co, p. 50.
Vredenburg, E.W. (1914). The classification of Gondwana system. Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, 1st, 3: 91-94.
Wadia, D.N. (1926). Geology of India. McMillan and Co., London.