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The present paper reports five nongeniculate coralline algal species, viz., Lithothamnion valens Foslie, Mesophyllum roveretoi Conti, Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) Adey and Mckibbin, Melobesioideae gen. et spec. indet. and Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie form the early middle Miocene Chhasra Formation of Offshore Sequence of Kachchh basin, western India. The present day depth distribution of Lithothamnion and Mesophyllum and growth forms of five nongeniculate coralline algal species points that the two cores belonging to the Chhasra Formation of offshore sequence of Kachchh basin were deposited in inner shelf environment at 60-100m depth in moderate-energy conditions.
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Kundal, P., Kundal, M.P. & Humane, S.K. Nongeniculate coralline algae from early middle Miocene offshore sequence of Kachchh basin, Western India: Paleoenvironmental significance. J Geol Soc India 88, 39–46 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-016-0456-z
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