Abstract
Se describen en este trabajo los restos bien conservados de Aspidella, fósiles de cuerpo blando ediacáricos de la Arenisca de Jodhpur (Supergrupo de Marwar) el área de Sursagar, Jodhpur, al oeste de Rajasthan, India. Éstos muestran características morfológicas características descritas anteriormente en otros famosos yacimientos fósiles ediacáricos, como los de la Formación de Fermuse (Terranova), Australia meridional y el Mar Blanco de Rusia.
Highlights
The present paper describes well-preserved Aspidella remains, the Ediacaran body fossils from the Jodhpur Sandstone of the Marwar Supergroup in Sursagar area, Jodhpur, western Rajasthan, India
The Marwar Supergroup was earlier described as Trans-Aravalli Vindhyans as it is occurring on the western side of the NE-SW trending Aravalli Mountains, and occupies a large area in the northwestern Rajasthan (Pareek, 1984; Chauhan et al, 2004)
The Aspidella disc remains are found in yellowish brown to pinkish brown medium- to fine-grained sandstone bedding surfaces in discoidal forms with mostly positive relief and sometime in negative relief (Fig. 1)
Summary
The present paper describes well-preserved Aspidella remains, the Ediacaran body fossils from the Jodhpur Sandstone of the Marwar Supergroup in Sursagar area, Jodhpur, western Rajasthan, India. The Jodhpur Sandstone is the basal and significant group of the Marwar Supergroup (MSG). The Marwar Supergroup was earlier described as Trans-Aravalli Vindhyans as it is occurring on the western side of the NE-SW trending Aravalli Mountains, and occupies a large area in the northwestern Rajasthan (Pareek, 1984; Chauhan et al, 2004).
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