Molluscan Assemblage from the Marine Palaeocene Sequence in Southwestern Kachchh, Gujarat

Authors

  • R. P. Kachhara
     Department of Geology, MLSU, Udaipur - 313 002
  • K. Bigyapati Devi
     Department of Geology, MLSU, Udaipur - 313 002
  • R. L. Jodhawat
     Department of Geology, MLSU, Udaipur - 313 002

Keywords:

Molluscan, Bivalves, Gastropods, Palaeocene, Gujarat.

Abstract

Presence of oldest marine Tertiary rocks in Kachchh for a long time has remained debatable and controversial. To resolve the issue in better way authors have worked out a section along tributary of Kakdi Nadi about 0.5 km west of village Nareda in southwestern Kachchh and collected molluscan fauna. Systematic study of these fauna reveals presence of 15 taxa of which 12 are of bivalves and 3 of gastropods. This molluscan assemblage leads to the presence of marine Palaeocene sequence around Nareda. Recorded assemblage hitherto not known earlier from Kachchh.

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Volume 78, Issue 1, July 2011

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2011-07-01

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Kachhara, R. P., Bigyapati Devi, K., & Jodhawat, R. L. (2011). Molluscan Assemblage from the Marine Palaeocene Sequence in Southwestern Kachchh, Gujarat. Journal of Geological Society of India, 78(1), 81–91. Retrieved from http://www.geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/58217

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