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Fossils of Dickinsonia, one of Earth s oldest animals, found in Madhya Pradesh Dickinsonia is an extinct genus of basal animal that lived during the late Ediacaran period in a geographical area now divided into Australia, China, India, Russia and Ukraine. New Delhi: Researchers have discovered fossils of one of the Earth s earliest known multicellular animals the 550-million-year-old Dickinsonia on the roof of the Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh. Dickinsonia is an extinct genus of basal animal that lived during the late Ediacaran period in a geographical area now divided into Australia, China, India, Russia and Ukraine. The individual Dickinsonia typically resembles a bilaterally symmetrical ribbed oval. Its fossils are known only in the form of imprints and casts in sandstone beds. ....
180 New Delhi, May 3 Researchers have discovered fossils of one of the Earth s earliest known multicellular animals the 550-million-year-old Dickinsonia on the roof of the Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh. Dickinsonia is an extinct genus of basal animal that lived during the late Ediacaran period in a geographical area now divided into Australia, China, India, Russia and Ukraine. The individual Dickinsonia typically resembles a bilaterally symmetrical ribbed oval. Its fossils are known only in the form of imprints and casts in sandstone beds. The specimens found in Bhimbetka are around 17 inches long, where as the ones that have been found in other parts of the world exceeded four feet in length, the researchers from Geological Society of India (GSI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, noted. ....
Share Bathinda, April 22: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) under the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari celebrated International Earth Day by organizing an International Quiz & a special lecture on ‘How to develop an Earthquake Resilient Society’. The keynote speaker of this programme was internationally acclaimed Geophysicist Padma Shri Prof. Harsh K. Gupta, President, Geological Society of India, Bangalore. CUPB Dept. of Geology conducted this programme. Around 3175 participants comprising different age groups from almost all states of India and 10 foreign countries took part in ‘International Mother Earth Quiz’. Total 30 questions were asked on the topics of Sustainability, Climate Change, Planet Earth and Biodiversity during this Quiz Competition moderated by Dr. Felix Bast, Department of Botany. Mr. Jayakrishnan V.M. (Kerala), Mr. Honey Kumar (Punjab) and Mr. Suraj Sharma (Delhi NCR) secured the first, second and third positi ....