Datma Quarry (Permian to of India)

Also known as Datma & Pindra Collieries

Where: Jharkhand, India (23.7° N, 85.5° E: paleocoordinates 65.1° S, 55.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Artinskian to Artinskian (290.1 - 272.3 Ma)

• "Barakar Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224722: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Cycadopsida
 Welwitschiales - Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschiapites tenuis Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964 cycads
Microfoveolatispora
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Rhizomaspora
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Rhizomaspora singula n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Rhizomaspora fimbriata n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Potonieisporites
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Cyclogranisporites
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Cyclogranisporites gondwanensis Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Horriditriletes
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Brevitriletes communis
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Brevitriletes communis Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Illinites
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Illinites diesctus
previously identified as "Illinites delasaucei"
Illinites novus Tiwari 1965
Welwitschiapites simplex
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"Welwitschiapites simplex" = Tiwariasporis simplex
"Welwitschiapites simplex" = Tiwariasporis simplex Tiwari 1965
Welwitschiapites gondwanensis
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"Welwitschiapites gondwanensis" = Tiwariasporis gondwanensis
"Welwitschiapites gondwanensis" = Tiwariasporis gondwanensis Tiwari 1965
Vesicaspora
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Faunipollenites varius
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Faunipollenites varius Bharadwaj 1962
Pteridopsida
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Leiotriletes sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Lophotriletes
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Lophotriletes sp. PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954
Srivastavaesporites dijkstrae
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Microbaculispora
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Cirratriradites
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Cirratriradites gondwanensis n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Maculatasporites
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Striatites
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Striatites tentulus Tiwari 1965
Striatites parvus Tiwari 1965
Retusotriletes diversiformis
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"Retusotriletes diversiformis" = Hennellysporites diversiformis
"Retusotriletes diversiformis" = Hennellysporites diversiformis Balme and Hennelly 1956