First Record of Ediacaran Fossils from the Krol Formation of Naini Tal Syncline

Abstract

The paper records the discovery of Ediacaran fossils, viz., Beltaneliformis sp. cf. B. brunsae Menner, Pteridinium sp. cf. P. simplex Gurich and Ichnogenus Gordia sp. cf. G. marina Emmons from the upper part of the Krol Formation in the Naini Tal Syncline, Lesser Himalaya. These taxa are comparable with the fossils present in the late Precambrian Wernecke assemblage of Canada and Ediacaran assemblage of other areas, particularly Australia and Eurasia.