First mammal and additional fossil flowers from the Kasauli formation, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh

Arya, R. ; Ambwani, K. ; Sahni, Neera ; Sahni, A. (2004) First mammal and additional fossil flowers from the Kasauli formation, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh Journal of the Geological Society of India, 64 (3). pp. 317-324. ISSN 0016-7622

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Abstract

The Kasauli Formation represents the initial stage of development of the foreland basin in response to the rising Himalaya. Here we report for the first time, a mammal (Rhinoceratidae, gen. et sp. indet) and some new taxa of fossil flowers from two localities, Shiv Mandir and Water Tank. The Kasauli Formation comprises of a grey/green, sometimes highly carbonaceous shale and massive grey/green sandstone sequence which so far has lacked an age-diagnostic biotic assemblage. The presence of a rhinoceratid, commonly known from other coeval sections of the Lower Murree in Pakistan and the Kalakot region, suggests the potential of finding suitable palaeontological temporal constraints for the fossil-bearing horizons. Two new taxa of fossil flowers, Kasaulipushpam and Trilobanthus are described. The present data suggests the presence of a well-watered landscape during Kasauli times in sharp contrast to more arid condition in the underlying Dagshai Formation which is predominantly red in colour.

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