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Figure 3. (A) Early Permian (Asselian-Sakmarian) palynomorphs recov-
ered from Shyok Ophiolitic Mélange near Tirit Bridge Northern Ladakh:
1. Parasaccites korbaensis; 2. Parasaccites diffuses; 3. Plicatipollenites
indicus; 4. Barakarites densicorpus; 5. Ginkgocycadophytus vetu;
6. Picatipollenites trigonalis; 7. Potonieisporites mutabilis; 8. Lacinitriletes
badamensis; 9. Leiotriletes adntoides; 10. Striasulcites ovatus; 11. Scheuri-
nipollenites tentulus; 12. Rhizomaspora indica; 13. Rhizomaspora fimbri-
ata; 14. Verticipollenites cf. V. debilis; 15. Ibisporites diplosaccus;
16. Faunipollenites varius; 17. Platysaccus brevizonatus; 18. Verticipol-
lenites secretus; 19. Striaties subtilis; 20. Crescentipollenites korbaensis;
21. Laharites parvus; 22. Lunatisporites sp.; 23. Distriatites bilateris.
(B) Early Permian (Artinskian) palynomorphs recovered from Shyok Ophi-
olitic Mélange near Skuru locality of Nothern Ladakh: 1. Scheuringipol-
lenites minutes; 2. Scheuringipollenites barakarensis; 3. Scheuringipol-
lenites maximus; 4. Faunipollenites varius; 5. Faunipollenites perexiguus;
6. Faunipollenites magnus; 7. Faunipollenites goraiensis; 8. Faunipol-
lenites congoensis; 9. Striatopodocarpites sp.; 10. Rhizomaspora indica;
11. Striomonosaccites ovatus; 12. Parasaccites obscures; 13. Ibisporites
diplosaccus. (C) Quantitative analysis shows the dominance and fre-
quency of characteristic palynomorphs recorded in the present study.

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