Miocene Palynoflora from Inglis Island, Andaman Sea and its Palaeoecological Implication

A nch palynofloral assemblage has been recorded for the first time from a stratigraphc section of the Inglis Formation at Inglis Island, Andarnan Sea, India Forty-six genera and fifty eight species belonging to differen botanical groups viz , dinoflagellate cysts, fungal remains, ptendophytic spores, and gymnospermous and angiospermous pollen have been recognized Geological ranges of some stratigraphically important palynotaxa suggest late Early Mioceneearly Middle Miocene age to the assemblage The recorded palynofloral assemblage is also closely comparable to that recorded horn late Early Miocene-Early Middle Miocene sediments of South Indla The palynoflora has been compared with the modem equivalents and it indicates a warm humid climate with high degree of rainfall during the deposition of the sequence In the area of investigation.