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Enigmatic Ediacaranmegascopic beddingplane structures onthe Sonia Sandstone,Jodhpur Group, MarwarSupergroup, India:seaweed orproblematica? S. K. PandeyМукунд Шарма2016 год

Enigmatic Ediacaran megascopic bedding plane structures on the Sonia Sandstone, Jodhpur Group, Marwar Supergroup, India: seaweed or problematica?
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Аннотация: The present study discusses the origin and affinity of enigmatic Ediacaran bedding plane structures reported earlier from the Sonia Sandstone of the Marwar Supergroup (Ediacaran to Lower Cambrian). These forms are conspicuously large, non-carbonaceous and three-dimensionally preserved. Morphologically, these structures are not comparable with any known plant/animal fossil, trace fossil, microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) found in the Ediacaran assemblages or any other extant forms and are invariably associated with MISS. Past researches on these fossils did not resolve their affinity, form and function. The present forms have certain features akin to seaweed organization such as thallus, loop pattern within the thallus, variously positioned nodes/swellings, tapering at the end of thallus, branching pattern and rarely occurring holdfast-like features. Systematic description, incorporating detailed morphological features, population size, their relationship with associated sediments and stratigraphic distribution, is based on the study of 54 specimens. Subtidal to intertidal models of depositional sedimentary environment, palaeoecology, biogenicity, affinity, taphonomic changes, association of these forms with MISS and other parameters are also discussed. A succession of plausible interpretations is offered; seaweed is the most likely interpretation. The Marwar Supergroup, thus, unravels some of the hitherto enigmatic forms of the Ediacaran Period (635–541 Ma). Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Год издания: 2016
Авторы: S. K. Pandey, Мукунд Шарма
Издательство: Wiley
Источник: Geological Journal
Ключевые слова: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena