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Challenges in Indian Palaeobiology Challenges in Indian Palaeobiology Current Status, Recent Developments and Future Directions © BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY, LUCKNOW 226 007, (U.P.), INDIA Published by The Director Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Lucknow 226 007 INDIA Phone : +91-522-2740008/2740011/ 2740399/2740413 Fax : +91-522-2740098/2740485 E-mail : [email protected] [email protected] Website : http://www.bsip.res.in ISBN No : 81-86382-03-8 Proof Reader : R.L. Mehra Typeset : Syed Rashid Ali & Madhavendra Singh Produced by : Publication Unit Printed at : Dream Sketch, 29 Brahma Nagar, Sitapur Road, Lucknow November 2005 Patrons Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India Dr. Harsh K. Gupta Formerly Secretary, Department of Ocean Development, Govt. of India Prof. J. S. Singh Chairman, Governing Body, BSIP Prof. G. K. Srivastava Chairman, Research Advisory Committee, BSIP National Steering Committee Dr. N. C. Mehrotra, Director, BSIP - Chairman Prof. R.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University - Member Prof. Ashok Sahni, Geology Department, Panjab University - Member Prof. M.P. Singh, Geology Department, Lucknow University - Member Dr. M. Sanjappa, Director, Botanical Survey of India - Member Dr. D. K. Pandey, Director (Exlporation), ONGC, New Delhi - Member Dr. P. Pushpangadan, Director, NBRI - Member Prof. S.K. Tandon, Geology Department, Delhi University - Member Dr. Arun Nigvekar, Former Chairman, UGC - Member Dr. K.P.N. Pandiyan, Joint Secretary & Financial Adv., DST - Member Local Organizing Committee Dr. N. C. Mehrotra, Director - Chairman Dr. Jayasri Banerji, Scientist ‘F’ - Convener Dr. A. K. Srivastava, Scientist ‘F’ - Member Dr. Ramesh K. Saxena, Scientist ‘F’ - Member Dr. Archana Tripathi, Scientist ‘F’ - Member Dr. Manoj Shukla, Scientist ‘F’ - Co-Convener Dr. Rahul Garg, Scientist ‘F’ - Member Sri Suresh C. Bajpai, Registrar - Member Dr. Mukund Sharma, Scientist ‘D’ - Organizing-Secretary Contents ANGIOSPERMOUS FOSSIL FRUITS/SEEDS FROM THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF INDIA Anil Agarwal ................................................................................................................................................. 1 UNVEILING PAST ENVIRONMENTS AND LANDSCAPES USING MODERN TOOLS AND APPROACHES – VALUE-ADDITION THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL STUDIES AND THE APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IN POLLEN STUDIES K. Anupama, S. Prasad, S. Aravajy, S. Sudhakar, G. Pujar, J. V. Thomas & L. Arul Pragasan ................. 2 PALAEONTOLOGY, A MULTIPLE SCIENCE K. Ayyasami ................................................................................................................................................. 4 EARLY EVOLUTION OF ACRITARCHS IN INDIA AND THEIR BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE Rupendra Babu ............................................................................................................................................. 5 EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITION OF MAMMALS FROM LAND TO SEA: CURRENT PERSPECTIVE Sunil Bajpai ................................................................................................................................................... 8 IMPORTANCE OF ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES IN PALAEOBOTANY Usha Bajpai................................................................................................................................................. 10 OVERHAULING OF THE PALAEONTOLOGY SYLLABUS: SOME COMMENTS D. M. Banerjee ........................................................................................................................................... 12 FATE OF ORGANIC LIFE: DROWNING IN THE SEDIMENTARY RESERVOIR D. M. Banerjee ........................................................................................................................................... 13 MICROBIALLY ORIGINATED BLACK SHALE IN PALAEOPROTEROZOIC KAJRAHAT FORMATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE S. Banerjee and S. Jeevankumar ................................................................................................................ 15 MESOZOIC MEGAFLORA: EVOLUTION, DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTINCTION Jayasri Banerji ............................................................................................................................................ 16 PROXIES AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING GLACIAL AND CLIMATIC HISTORY OF ANTARCTICA SINCE LGM S. K. Bera ................................................................................................................................................... 18 QUATERNARY PALYNOLOGICAL SCENARIO OF INDIA AND ITS FUTURE PERSPECTIVE Amalava Bhattacharyya, Parminder Singh Ranhotra, Jyoti Sharma & Santosh K. Shah........................... 20 INDIAN FOSSIL MONOCOTYLEDONS: CURRENT STATUS, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS S. D. Bonde ................................................................................................................................................ 21 CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF COMPRESSION FOSSIL FROM THE CRETACEOUS SEDIMENT OF BHUJ FORMATIONS, GUJARAT S. Chakraborty, B. N. Jana & S. K. Bhattacharya..................................................................................... 23 SHIVA IMPACT, DECCAN VOLCANISM, AND DINOSAUR EXTINCTION AT THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY, INDIA Sankar Chatterjee & Dhiraj Kumar Rudra ................................................................................................. 24 BIODIVERSITY OF GLOSSOPTERIS FLORA OF INDIA D. K. Chauhan ............................................................................................................................................ 25 VEGETATION, CLIMATE AND HUMAN HABITATION IN THE CENTRAL GANGA PLAIN SINCE EARLY HOLOCENE M. S. Chauhan ............................................................................................................................................ 28 ALGAL STROMATOLITES IN THE EASTERN CHHATTISGARH BASIN: THEIR BEARING ON SEQUENCE ANALYSIS Sarbani Patranabis Deb & Asru K. Chaudhuri........................................................................................... 30 MANGROVES AS INDICATOR OF LATE QUATERNARY SEA LEVEL AND CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST COAST, INDIA Anjum Farooqui........................................................................................................................................... 32 POTENTIAL OF DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS AS A PROXY FROM MARINE SEDIMENTS FOR QUATERNARY PALAEOCLIMATIC STUDIES IN INDIA Rahul Garg, Khowaja Ateequzzaman & Vandana Prasad ......................................................................... 34 BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT IN INDIA: A TYRO’S CONCEPTION Amit K. Ghosh ............................................................................................................................................ 36 EMERGENCE OF NEWLY PROPOSED TAXONOMIC PERSPECTIVES FOR FOSSIL CORALLINE ALGAE Amit K. Ghosh ............................................................................................................................................ 37 TERTIARY FLORA OF INDIA: ITS DEVELOPMENT, SIGNIFICANCE AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS J.S. Guleria .................................................................................................................................................. 40 CLIMATE ASSESSMENT OF HIMALAYA – MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Asha Gupta ................................................................................................................................................. 44 JURASSIC - CRETACEOUS GYMNOSPERMS OF INDIA B. N. Jana ................................................................................................................................................... 45 PERMIAN PALYNOLOGY IN INDIA – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Neerja Jha ................................................................................................................................................... 48 DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS: SOME INSIGHTS FROM PALAEOBIOLOGY M. D. Kajale ............................................................................................................................................... 50 ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH AND SEARCH FOR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL LIFE Kamaluddin ................................................................................................................................................. 51 POPULARIZATION OF PALAEOBIOLOGY AND ROLE OF EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS Hari Mohan Kapoor .................................................................................................................................... 52 POPULARIZATION/DISSEMINATION OF PALAEOBIOLOGY THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIAN MASSES Nimish Kapoor ............................................................................................................................................ 54 AEROBIOLOGY: ASPECTS AND PROSPECTS Asha Khandelwal........................................................................................................................................ 55 INDIAN ANTARCTIC PROGRAMME: SCOPE FOR PALAEOBIOLOGY AND FUTURE CHALLENGES N. Khare ..................................................................................................................................................... 58 THE EDIACARAN PERIOD: ITS LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDARIES IN INDIA Gopendra Kumar ........................................................................................................................................ 60 DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTER: A PROXY INDICATOR
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