About the Authors

Vartika Singh

Affiliation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India

Sundeep K. Pandita

Affiliation Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu, 180006, India

Rajni Tewari

rajni_tewari@bsip.res.in

Affiliation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India

Peter J van Hengstum

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, 77553, United States of America

Suresh S. K. Pillai

Affiliation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India

Deepa Agnihotri

Affiliation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India

Kamlesh Kumar

Affiliation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India

G. D. Bhat

Affiliation Directorate of Geology and Mining, Jammu and Kashmir Government, Srinagar, 190002, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS RT. Performed the experiments: VS. Analyzed the data: VS RT PJVH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT VS SKP SSKP DA KK GDB. Wrote the paper: VS RT PJVH SKP.