Stratigraphy and Palichnology of Nimar Sandstone, Bagh Beds of Jobat Area, Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh

Medium to fine grained Nimar Sandstone has yielded abundant ichnofossils comprising sixteen ichnospecies shared among eleven ichnogenera. These are: Annetuba chapdiensis, Cylindrichnus sp., Granularia yelamensis, Gyrochorte comosa, Imponoglyphus kevadiensis, Keckia annulata, Laevicyclus mongraensis, Palaeophycus heberti, P. intermediatus, P. tubularis, Planolites annularis, P. beverleyensis, P. montanus, Rosselia socialis, Thalassinoides paradoxicus and T. suevicus. Five species, namely, Planolites annularis. P. beverleyensis, Rosselia socialist Thalassinoides paradoxicus and T. suevicus are new additions to our knowledge of the ichnofauna of the Bagh Beds. Palaeophycus intermediatus is the solitary ichnospecies described herein as new.