Also known as Korawadi River Section about 2 kilometers west of Dharesi Village (Dharesi-Korawadi)
Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 68.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° S, 34.7° 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 32389: 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 | |
Ptilophyllum horridum Roy 1967
Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840 | |
Horstisporites | |
Bacutriletes | |
Bacutriletes dijkstrae Singh et al. 1964 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Taeniopteris cf. spatulata, "Anomozamites cf. fissus" = Nilssonia fissa
Taeniopteris cf. spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
"Anomozamites cf. fissus" = Nilssonia fissa Feistmantel 1879 cycads | |
Verrutriletes | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel 1876 | |
Peltaspermopsida | |
Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
"Equisetites rajmahalensis" = Equisetum rajmahalense
"Equisetites rajmahalensis" = Equisetum rajmahalense Oldham and Morris 1863 horsetail | |
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis daradensis Bose and Banerji 1984 | |
Hausmannia sp. Dunker 1846 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Isoetites serratifolius Bose and Roy 1964 clubmoss | |
Minerisporites dharesiensis clubmoss
Minerisporites mineri clubmoss
Minerisporites reticulatus clubmoss |