The presence of triprojectate pollen in the Upper Cretaceous of the Cauvery Basin is confirmed. The pollen belongs to the species Aquilapollenites bengalensis Baksi & Deb. From comparative palynology, it is deduced that Aquilapollenites yielding bed in Baksi's Bengal Palynological Zone I, i.e. Biswas’ Chara- Ostracod Facies Zone, could not be older than Maestrichtian in age.
The Jabalpur Group sediments are so far believed to be of non-marine origin. These sediments have yielded a rich flora comprising both mega- and microfossils. Recently, while working out the palynostratigraphy of the group, some dinoflagellate cysts were found in one of the samples from Morghat, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh. The dinoflagellate cysts are referable to three genera, viz., Kalyptea, Sentusidinium, and Canningia. One species, i.e. Kalyptea indica, is new.
Fossil dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs have been reported and described from the various members of the Jhuran Formation exposed at a number of localities in the Kutch Basin. The assemblage comprises 31 species referable to 24 genera. On the basis of qualitative and quantitative analyses the age of the dinoflagellate assemblage has been concluded to be Upper Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian, probably extending up to Pectinatites pectinatus zone.
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