Naera, Kutch (Pliocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (24.0° N, 71.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 71.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Naera Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; 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 225561: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 17.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Magnoliopsida
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Favitricolporites medireticulatus Mathur and Mathur 1969
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Piceapollenites naeransus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Graminidites protrudus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969 bamboo
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmaepollenites medicolpus Mathur and Mathur 1969 palm
Palmaepollenites longicolpus Mathur and Mathur 1969 palm
Naeratisporites psilatus
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Naeratisporites psilatus n. gen. n. sp.
Naeratisporites psilatus n. gen. n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites hyalinum n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969 clubmoss
Pteridopsida
  -
Marattisporites longiletus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Polypodiopsida
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Verrucosisporites longiletus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
  - Osmundaceae
Todites subtriangularis Mathur and Mathur 1969
Pluricellaesporites
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Pluricellaesporites ellipticus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Dyadosporonites
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Dyadosporonites constrictus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969