Microfossils from the Krol ‘A’ of the Lesser Himalaya,India: Additional supporting data for its early Ediacaran age |
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Institution: | 1. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India;2. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow 109017, Russia |
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Abstract: | An assemblage of microfossils of moderate diversity, with the remarkable occurrence of ECAP acritarchs, is reported from the Ediacaran Krol ‘A’ (= the Mahi Formation) succession of Lesser Himalaya, India. Microfossils occur in the chert nodules exposed in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh. Two microfossils, Barogophycus symmetricus n. gen. n. sp. and Botominella lineata are new to the well-established Krol assemblage. The paper concentrates predominantly on fossil eukaryotic filamentous and coccoidal micro-organism of simple morphology. The assemblage is dominated by remains of prokaryotic cyanobacteria and demonstrates the diversity achieved by microorganisms at the beginning of the Ediacaran Period in the aftermath of the Marinoan glaciation. Filamentous and coccoidal microorganisms differ in taxonomic composition from the Mesoproterozoic microbiotas. The Krol microfossils assemblage has biostratigraphic potential and usefulness in broadly demarcating the different levels of the Ediacaran strata. Because of the presence of ECAP acritarchs, along with the appearance of other eukaryotic microorganisms of filamentous and coccoidal morphology, the general level of the Krol ‘A’ assemblage is considered as Ediacaran. |
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Keywords: | Acanthomorphic acritarchs ECAP acritarchs Krol ‘A’ Lesser Himalaya India |
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