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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad Caves Road, Aurangabad - 431 004, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 51, No 5 (1998), Pagination: 619-634
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Stratigraphy, Ichnofossils, Nimur Sandstone, Bugh Beds, Madhya Pradesh.
