Rajkonwar et al., 2014
| Author(s): | Rajkonwar, C., Ralte, V. Z., Lianthanpuii, P. C.Tiwari, R. P., Patel, S. J. |
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| Year: | 2014 |
| Title: | Miocene ichnofossils from Upper Bhuban Succession, Bhuban Formation, (Surma Group) Mizoram, India |
| Journal: | Special Publication of the Paleontological Society of India |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 247-255 |
| Abstract | The Upper Bhuban rocks of Bhuban Formation are well exposed in the western part of Aizawl comprising sandstone, siltstone, shales and their admixtures. The grey sandstone unit exposed at Sakawrtuichhun, Aizawl is marked by well preserved trace fossils comprising Diplocraterion parallelum, Palaeophycus tubularis, Planolites beverleyensis, Rhizocorallium jenense, Skolithos linearis, Teredolites clavatus, Teredolites longissimus, Thalassinoides horizontalis, Thalassinoides paradoxicus and Ichnospecies Type-A. The development of Skolithos and Cruziana ichnofacies indicates a near shore moderate to high energy condition while the Teredolites ichnofacies represents a transgressive event. The overall ichnological and sedimentological data suggest that the Upper Bhuban rocks at Sakawrtuichhun quarry were deposited in a moderate to high energy condition in foreshore to shoreface/offshore environment rich in organic matter under fluctuating sea level. |
| Keywords: | Bioerosion, India, Miocene, paleontoloogia, Shallow-marine, Trace fossils |
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