The distribution of the gondwanine ostracode genus Makatinella Dingle from the Bagh Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Narbada Basin.

Maya Chaudhary

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

The distribution of the gondwanine ostracode genus Makatinella Dingle from the Bagh Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Narbada Basin.

Maya Chaudhary

Abstract :

The genus Makatinella Dingle, 1984 is strictly gondwanine in its distribution and in Southern Africa and Falkland Plateau it is restricted to Aption to Cenomanian of Zululand. Two species of the genus reported by Dingle (1984) viz. M. tritumida and M. inflata from Zululand. The genus migrated to India during Turonian time in Jaisalmer and Narbada Basins. In Narbada Basin three species of the genus recorded viz. M. bilthanaensis n. sp., M. punctata n. sp. and M. thuatiensis (Jain). The systematics of all the species are given in the paper.