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Palaeocene Coralline Algae from the Cauvery Basin, South India


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1 Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226 007, India
2 Department of Geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226 007, India
     

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The present paper deals with new records of the seven coralline algae of the Ninniyur Formation which is considered to range from the Danian to Thanetian in age. All these seven species, i e Spongia sp 2 Rasser&Pillar 1999, Lithothamnion graham, Mesophyllum obsitum, Mesophyllum koritzae, Leptophyllum leave, Lithophyllum sp Johnson&Kaska, 1965, Ascophyllum paraphylloides are reported for the first time from the Indian successions, their palaeogeographrc and palaeoecological significance is discussed.

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Coralline Algae, Ninniyur, Palaeocene, Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu.
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Authors

S. Kishore
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226 007, India
P. K. Misra
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226 007, India
A. K. Jauhri
Department of Geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226 007, India
S. K. Singh
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226 007, India

Abstract


The present paper deals with new records of the seven coralline algae of the Ninniyur Formation which is considered to range from the Danian to Thanetian in age. All these seven species, i e Spongia sp 2 Rasser&Pillar 1999, Lithothamnion graham, Mesophyllum obsitum, Mesophyllum koritzae, Leptophyllum leave, Lithophyllum sp Johnson&Kaska, 1965, Ascophyllum paraphylloides are reported for the first time from the Indian successions, their palaeogeographrc and palaeoecological significance is discussed.

Keywords


Coralline Algae, Ninniyur, Palaeocene, Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu.