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Palynological assemblage from the Deccan Volcanic Province, central India: Insights into early history of angiosperms and the terminal Cretaceous paleogeography of peninsular India
| Prasad, V., Farooqui, A., Murthy, S., Sarate, O.S., Bajpai, S. | |
| 2018 | |
| Cretaceous Research 86, 186-198 | |
| Palynological assemblage from the Deccan Volcanic Province, central India: Insights into early history of angiosperms and the terminal Cretaceous paleogeography of peninsular India |
Prasad, V., Farooqui, A., Murthy, S., Sarate, O.S., Bajpai, S., 2018. Palynological assemblage from the Deccan Volcanic Province, central India: Insights into early history of angiosperms and the terminal Cretaceous paleogeography of peninsular India. Cretaceous Research 86, 186-198. Sedimentary deposits of the Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP), of central India are rich in fossil flora and fauna. Based on a new palynological study of Infratrappean deposits from a borehole succession located in the Ashtona village, Yeotmal District, Maharashtra (Wardha Basin), this paper attempts a reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous paleovegetation, paleoecology, depositional environment and paleogeography of central India prior to Deccan volcanism, and also seeks to evaluate the early history and timing of the angiosperm diversification relative to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) transition.