STRATIGRAPHY AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF THE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS OF THE WARDHA VALLEY, MAHARASHTRA

摘要

A systematic palaeontological study in Wardha district, Maharashtra has brought to notice a few mammalian fragmentary fossils, amongst which, a horn core of Antilope cervicapra is worth mentioning. Only two horizons, the kankariferous grey clay of the Sirri formation and an interface of sandstone (Jamalpur formation) and czarina-coloured silty clay (Sirri formation) are fossilifer-ous. Decline of the blackbuck population and diminution of their habitat since Holocene is discussed.