Palynological studies of the Tethyan sequence in Malla Johar area, Kumaon Himalaya, India

R.S. Tiwari; Vijaya Singh; S. Kumar; I.B. Singh

doi:10.54991/jop.1984.1389

Authors

R.S. Tiwari Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Vijaya Singh Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
S. Kumar Department of Geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India
I.B. Singh Department of Geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1984.1389

Keywords:

Palynology, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, Tethyan sequence, Chitinizoa, Gondwana (India)

Abstract

The sediments ranging from Palaeozoic to Mesozoic in the Tethyan sequence of Malla Johar were palynologically analysed. In spite of ill-preservation, a significant assemblage has been recovered from the Upper Permian to Jurassic comprising 35 genera and 45 species of pollen and spores and a number of fungal as well as other alete forms. The Devonian sediments have also yielded a characteristic assemblage of Chitinozoa. The miospore assemblages show a general resemblance with the constituents of the corresponding miofloras known from Peninsular India. The comparisons with other miofloras indicate a Gondwana affinity rather than the Angarian resemblance.