Discovery of silicified microfossils from the Khatpul formation, Shali group (Neoproterozoic), H.P., India

摘要

Well-developed organic walled microfossils of cyanobacterial affinity are recorded for the first time from the bedded and stromatolitic chert units of the Shall Group (Neoproterozoic). The present discovery enhances our knowledge of the palaeobiology of the Shall Belt which has so far yielded only stromatolites. The association of these silicified microfossils with columnar stromatolites signifies the close ecological relationship between the two. A correlation of the Shall Belt with adjacent belts of the Lesser Himalaya has been discussed in the light of the present discovery. [References: 17]