Title: Palynological studies of the Tethyan sequence in Malla Johar area, Kumaon Himalaya, India
Abstract: The sediments ranging from Palaeozoic to Mesozoic in the Tethyan sequence of Malla Johar were palynologically analysed. In spite of ill-preservation, a significant assemblage has been recovered from the Upper Permian to Jurassic comprising 35 genera and 45 species of pollen and spores and a number of fungal as well as other alete forms. The Devonian sediments have also yielded a characteristic assemblage of Chitinozoa. The miospore assemblages show a general resemblance with the constituents of the corresponding miofloras known from Peninsular India. The comparisons with other miofloras indicate a Gondwana affinity rather than the Angarian resemblance.