Kanhargaon, Chandrapur (Permian of India)

Where: Maharashtra, India (19.7° N, 79.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.8° S, 37.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kamthi Formation, Lopingian (259.5 - 251.9 Ma)

• "Late Permian" (Chandra & Tewari 1991)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Chandra and R. Tewari. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 2: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Megafossils. 1-81 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 229239: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Neomariopteris hughesi Feistmantel 1881
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetidae - Equisetidae
Trizygia speciosa Royle 1840
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetales indet. Dumortier 1829
Schizoneura gondwanensis Feistmantel 1879
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon adhariense n. sp. Prasad 1982
Dadoxylon chandrapuraensis n. sp. Prasad and Chandra 1982
Dadoxylon maharashtraensis n. sp. Prasad 1982
Dadoxylon parenchymosum Surange and Maithy 1963
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris angustifolia Brongniart 1830
Glossopteris tenuifolia Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris indica Schimper 1869
Glossopteris bosei Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris stricta Bunbury 1861
Glossopteris surangei n. sp. Chandra and Prasad 1981
Glossopteris mohudaensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris lanceolatus Pant and Singh 1971
Glossopteris raniganjensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris venustus n. sp. Chandra and Prasad 1981
Vertebraria indica Royle 1839
Prototaxoxylon
  -
Prototaxoxylon maithyi n. sp. Prasad 1982
Prototaxoxylon uniseriale n. sp. Prasad 1982
Taxopitys
  -
Taxopitys indica n. sp. Prasad and Chandra 1978
Taxopitys surangei n. sp. Prasad 1986
Trigonomyelon
  -
 Coniferales -
Australoxylon longicellularis n. sp. Prasad and Chandra 1981
Australoxylon kanhargaoense n. sp. Prasad and Chandra 1978
Zalesskioxylon
  -
Zalesskioxylon simplexum n. sp. Chandra and Prasad 1980
Zalesskioxylon lepekhinae n. sp. Chandra and Prasad 1980
Sclerospiroxylon marguerierae
  -
Kaokoxylon
  -
Kaokoxylon pseudotrimedullaris n. sp. Prasad 1982
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Baieroxylon multiseriale n. sp. Prasad 1982