Chuaria circularis from the early Mesoproterozoic Suket Shale, Vindhyan Supergroup, India: Insights from light and electron microscopy and pyrolysis-gas chromatography |
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Authors: | Suryendu Dutta Michael Steiner Santanu Banerjee Bernd-Dietrich Erdtmann Silambuchelvan Jeevankumar Ulrich Mann |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, 400 076, Mumbai, India 2. Technische Universit?t Berlin, Sekr. Ack 14, Ackerstrasse 71-76, 13355, Berlin, Germany 3. Sediment?re Systeme, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosph?re, D-52425, Jülich, Germany
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Abstract: | Chuaria circularis (Walcott 1899) from the Suket Shale of the Vindhyan Supergroup (central India) has been reinvestigated for its morphology and chemical composition using biostatistics, electron microscopy and pyrolysis-gas chromatography. Morphology and microscopic investigations provide little clues on the specific biological affinity ofChuaria as numerous preservational artifacts seem to be incorporated. On the contrary, the predominance of η aliphatic pyrolysates of presently studiedChuaria from India rather supports an algal affinity. Moreover, the reflectance ofC circularis can be used to obtain a comparative maturity parameter of the Precambrian sediments. The review of the age and geographical distribution ofC circularis constrains that this species cannot be considered as an index fossil for the Proterozoic time. |
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Keywords: | Chuaria circularis Mesoproterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup pyrolysis-gas chromatography |
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