Dasycladalean algae and their depositional environments in the Sylhet Limestone Formation (lower-middle Eocene), Bengal Basin |
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Authors: | Sumedh K Humane Savita N Chaurpagar Samaya S Humane P Kundal |
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Institution: | 1.Postgraduate Department of Geology,RTM Nagpur University, Law College Square,Nagpur,India |
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Abstract: | A very rich and diversified dasycladalean algal assemblage has been discovered from the Sylhet Limestone Formation (lower-middle
Eocene) of the Bengal Basin of India for the first time. The depositional environments of the Sylhet Limestone Formation have
been discussed based on the presence of the 11 species of the dasycladalean algae belonging to the three families Dasycladaceae
(Cymopolia inflataramosa Segonzac, C. mayaenese Johnson and Kaska, C. paronai Raineri, Cymopolia sp.), Triploporaceae (Dissocladella lunata Segonzac, Dissocladella sp., Jodotella sloveniaensis Deloffre and Radoicic) and Acetabulariaceae (Clypeina socanensis Deloffre and Radoicic, Clypeina sp., Terquemella sp., Neomeris sp.). The lower Eocene Sylhet Limestone Formation revealed predominance of dasycladalean algal assemblage with the halimedacean
and udoteacean algae and rare occurrence of coralline algae. This suggests their luxuriant growth in the open lagoonal to
shelf environment at the depth of 5–6 m in the warm waters. There is a gradual decrease in the dasycladalean species and genera
in the middle Eocene Sylhet Limestone Formation. The predominance of coralline algae associated with the Sporolithon indicates that the limestone of middle Eocene Sylhet Limestone Formation have been deposited at the littoral to shallow,
high energy open shelf marine environments at a depth of about 40–60 m in warm tropical waters. |
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