New Record of Ediacaran Biota from the Jodhpur Sandstone of Marwar Supergroup, western Rajasthan, India
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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.43590.563Keywords:
Jodhpur Sandstone, Soft-bodied metazoans, Mat structures, EdiacaranAbstract
In western Rajasthan, India, the Jodhpur Sandstone of the Marwar Supergroup has yielded a new Ediacaran fossil assemblage comprising macroscopic well-preserved specimens of Aspidella, Hiemalora, large Ediacaran discs, Tirasiana disciformis, Medusinites asteroides, Anfesta-like Ediacaran body fossils and microbial mat structures (Arumberia banksi, Kinneyia mat structures, wrinkle mat structures and other mat structures). The fossil record allows suggesting a broad correlation with the Fermuse Formation, Newfoundland, South Australia, White Sea of Russia and Norway, and regionally correlated with the Bhander Group of Vindhyan Supergroup and Krol Group of Lesser Himalaya.
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