New Record of Ptilophyllum and related leaf fossils from Kimmeridgian sediments of the Kachchh Basin, western India
Pandey DK, Prakash N, Fürsich F, Alberti M, Shekhawat RS, Das N, Bhosale S, Chaskar K, Page KN (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 66
Pages Range: 375-380
Journal Issue: 2
Abstract
Several well-preserved impressions of Ptilophyllum and Cladophlebis from the Upper Kimmeridgian part of the Jhuran Formation at the Jhuran River are described and illustrated. The presence of well-preserved leaf fossils and plant debris suggest an increasing terrestrial influence during the filling of the Kachchh Basin in the Late Jurassic. A lone ammonite collected from a bed below the plant fossil-bearing horizon and identified as Metagravesia cf. decipiens Spath suggests a Late Kimmeridgian age. The cyclically alternating fine-grained, bioturbated, often ferruginous sandstone, and medium- to coarse grained, trough cross-bedded sandstone, suggests shallowing-deepening cycles of a delta lobe with environments ranging from the lower to the upper delta front.
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Nanjing University
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Central University of South Bihar
India (IN)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences
India (IN)
University of Rajasthan
India (IN)
Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University (KSKV)
India (IN)
University of Exeter
United Kingdom (GB)
China (CN)
Central University of South Bihar
India (IN)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences
India (IN)
University of Rajasthan
India (IN)
Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University (KSKV)
India (IN)
University of Exeter
United Kingdom (GB)
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APA:
Pandey, D.K., Prakash, N., Fürsich, F., Alberti, M., Shekhawat, R.S., Das, N.,... Page, K.N. (2021). New Record of Ptilophyllum and related leaf fossils from Kimmeridgian sediments of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 66(2), 375-380.
MLA:
Pandey, Dhirendra Kumar, et al. "New Record of Ptilophyllum and related leaf fossils from Kimmeridgian sediments of the Kachchh Basin, western India." Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 66.2 (2021): 375-380.
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