Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India
Belonechitina capitata, a typically middle to late Ordovician chitinozoan index taxon was for the first time recovered from the northeastern Kumaon region, a part of Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys basin of the Himalaya, India. This species is of great biostratigraphic importance and has already been reported...
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| description | Belonechitina capitata, a typically middle to late Ordovician chitinozoan index taxon was for the first time recovered from the northeastern Kumaon region, a part of Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys basin of the Himalaya, India. This species is of great biostratigraphic importance and has already been reported from Avalonia, Baltica and northern Gondwana. The study area was during Ordovician, part of a low-palaeolatitudinal Gondwana region. The vesicles of recovered forms are black and fragmentary. This is principally attributed to intense tectonic activity during the Himalayan orogenic movement which resulted into high thermal alteration. The chitinozoans are found along with melanosclerites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f94acd641754064bea0123d08dd0d2d2023-09-02T13:02:55ZengElsevierGeoscience Frontiers1674-98712016-09-017585986410.1016/j.gsf.2015.07.005Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, IndiaH.N. Sinha0Jacques Verniers1Department of Geology, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag 825301, IndiaResearch Unit Palaeontology, Department of Geology and Soil Science WE13, Ghent University, BelgiumBelonechitina capitata, a typically middle to late Ordovician chitinozoan index taxon was for the first time recovered from the northeastern Kumaon region, a part of Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys basin of the Himalaya, India. This species is of great biostratigraphic importance and has already been reported from Avalonia, Baltica and northern Gondwana. The study area was during Ordovician, part of a low-palaeolatitudinal Gondwana region. The vesicles of recovered forms are black and fragmentary. This is principally attributed to intense tectonic activity during the Himalayan orogenic movement which resulted into high thermal alteration. The chitinozoans are found along with melanosclerites.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115000845Chitinozoan (Belonechitina capitata)OrdovicianNortheastern KumaonTethys HimalayaLow palaeolatitudinal GondwanaShiala Formation |
| spellingShingle | H.N. Sinha Jacques Verniers Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India Geoscience Frontiers Chitinozoan (Belonechitina capitata) Ordovician Northeastern Kumaon Tethys Himalaya Low palaeolatitudinal Gondwana Shiala Formation |
| title | Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India |
| title_full | Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India |
| title_fullStr | Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India |
| title_short | Discovery of the chitinozoans Belonechitina capitata from the Shiala Formation of northeastern Garhwal-Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttrakhand, India |
| title_sort | discovery of the chitinozoans belonechitina capitata from the shiala formation of northeastern garhwal kumaon tethys himalaya pithoragarh district uttrakhand india |
| topic | Chitinozoan (Belonechitina capitata) Ordovician Northeastern Kumaon Tethys Himalaya Low palaeolatitudinal Gondwana Shiala Formation |
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