Reply to discussion on trace fossils, depositional context and paleogeography of the Upper Tal Group (upper lower Cambrian) (Lesser Himalaya) by Ed Landing and Gerd Geyer

Abstract

This paper is a response to the publication by Ed Landing and Gerd Geyer (2020) which questioned several recent papers on trace fossils, depositional environments and paleogeography of the Cambro-Ordovician Upper Tal Group (Lesser Himalayan) by B.P. Singh and co-authors. However, the elaboration of Landing and Geyer contains misinformation and misquoting. Each point raised by these authors is rebutted, clarified and further elaborated.

Keywords:

• Tal Group
• Cambrian-Ordovician
• Lesser Himalaya
• India

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Funding

BPS is thankful to the UGC (New Delhi) for providing the financial grant (No. F.20-1/2012(BSR)/20-8(12)/2012(BSR)). ONB acknowledges Indian National Science Academy for the financial assistance (No. 567-3, 2015 and No. INSA/SP/HS/2018/1885). RM is obliged to acknowledge the Research Program of the Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, No. RVO 679 858 31 and the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic Project No.18-14575S, for basic material support. This study was funded by Grantová Agentura České Republiky.