Also known as Kharod River Section near Gadhsisa (Gadhsisa-Kharod)
Where: Gujarat, India (23.1° N, 69.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° S, 34.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bhuj Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,
• Each megaspore was first photographed in dry state under reflected light and its characters were noted. After photographing in dry state, the megaspore was transferred to a covered petridish and was oxidised with nitric acid, sometimes using potassium chlorate. The oxidised material was digested with potassium hydroxide and cleaned with water. Observations were made at frequent intervals during this progressive maceration and photographs were taken, as and when felt necessary, by transmitted light.
Primary reference: J. Banerji, B. N. Jana, and H. K. Maheshwari. 1984. The Fossil Floras of Kachchh. II - Mesozoic Megaspores. The Palaeobotanist 33:190-227 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32383: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 27.06.2003, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
"Elatocladus confertus" = Elatocladus conferta1
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Ptilophyllum cutchense1 Morris 1840 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris sp.2 Sternberg 1825
"Pachypteris specifica" = Sphenopteris specifica1 Feistmantel 1876
Sphenopteris metzgerioides1 Harris 1945 | |
Hepaticae | |
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Kachchhia navicula | |
Kachchhia navicula1 Bose and Banerji 1984 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Pagiophyllum chawadensis1 Bose and Banerji 1984 | |
Peltaspermopsida | |
Pachypteris indica1 Oldham and Morris 1863 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cladophlebis daradensis1 Bose and Banerji 1984 | |
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Lycopodiopsida | |
Minerisporites auriculatus Singh et al. 1964 clubmoss |