Melanosclerites from the Late Ordovician strata of the Shiala Formation, Indian Gondwana

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• 作者：Hareshwar N. Sinha ; Claudia Trampisch
• 关键词：Melanosclerite ; Tethys Garhwal Himalaya ; Ordovician ; Shiala Formation ; Indian Gondwana
• 刊名：Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：5 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：75
• 期：Complete
• 页码：13-18
• 全文大小：1540 K

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Melanosclerites, organic-walled microfossils of problematic affinity, are recorded herein from the lower to middle part of the Shiala Formation of Late Ordovician age and is situated below Ordovician-Silurian boundary established previously by acritarchs data. The assemblages recovered yielded the melanosclerites taxa Melanoporella clava, Melanoporella bulla?, Melanoporella polonica, Melanoporella sp. 1, Melanoporella sp. 2 and Melanosteus sp. The Ordovician-Silurian sedimentary sequence discussed herein was a part of the Gondwanan palaeocontinent situated at ¡«25 to 30¡ãS. The melanosclerite assemblage recovered herein from the Shiala Formation is broadly comparable with the ?jlemyr Cherts of Sweden, situated at high palaeolatitude and also of Late Ordovician age. Melanosclerites have not previously been studied in detail from Indian Gondwana and published records on this fossil group are rare in general. The present findings improve our knowledge on this group.