Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous spore-pollen assemblages in the peninsular India

Abstract

The Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous spore-pollen assemblages recovered from the ‘Upper Gondwana’ sediments in the western, central, southern and eastern parts of the country have been reviewed. Palaeontological geological, tectonic and environmental evidences have been used for a reinterpretation of palynological data. Stratigraphically important palynotaxa have been identified. The occurrence of continental Jurassic assemblages has not been considered authentic. The usage of the term ‘Gondwana’ for continental, as well as paralic sediments, has been questioned. The distribution of some significant Gondwanic elements has been highlighted.