A mioflorule from Maitur formation near Junut, West Bengal

Abstract

A small miofloral assemblage is reported from the beds of the Maitur Formation exposed on the northern bank of the Damodar River near the village Junut, Raniganj Coalfield, West Bengal. Disaccate pollen constitute about 70 per cent of the assemblage. Triletes are only about 10 per cent, while the monosaccates are 15 per cent of the total, qualitatively and quantitatively, the assemblage is akin to the other Lower Triassic palynological assemblages from India.

Floral change across the Permian-Triassic Boundary in Damodar and Auranga Valleys

“…The miofloral assemblage from Maitur Formation exposed on the northern bank of the Damodar River near the village ]unut (Banerji & Maheshwari, 1977) is very much similar to Lower Triassic assemblage of Nonia Nala. Here, the boundary between the Raniganj and Maitur Formations is marked by a small unconformity which occurs immediately above the fossil wood horizon.…”