East of Baraud Village (Statherian of India)

Where: Rajasthan, India (27.9° N, 76.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 0.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kushalgarh Formation (Ajabgarh Group), Statherian (1800.0 - 1600.0 Ma)

• Age constraints are limited. The underlying Alwar Group in the North Delhi Belt contains detrital zircons no younger than 1.7 Ga (Kaur et al., 2011a), while the Delhi Supergroup is intruded by plutons dated at 1680-1720 Ma (Kaur et al., 2011b.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: J. Mandal, P. K. Maithy, G. Barman and K. K. Verma. 1984. Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India. The Palaeobotanist 32:1-19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227965: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Stigonematales - Capsosiraceae
Ghoshia bifurcata n. gen. n. sp.
Ghoshia bifurcata n. gen. n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Myxococcoides minor
  -
Myxococcoides minor Schopf 1968
Myxococcoides inornata
  -
Myxococcoides
  -
Myxococcoides compactus n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Coccogoneae
 Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Gloeocapsamorpha karauliensis Maithy and Mandal 1982
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
Palaeoscytonema indica n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Palaeoscytonema intermingla n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Palaeoscytonema misrae n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Palaeolyngbya distinctica n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Palaeolyngbya elongata n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Palaeolyngbya baraudensis n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
 Nostocales - Rivulariaceae
Primorivularia robusta n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Animikiea septata
  -
Animikiea septata Barghoorn 1965
 Life -
Vesicophycus problematicus n. gen. n. sp. Mandal and Maithy 1984
Chlorococcaceae
  - Chlorococcaceae