Also known as Purnagiri, Poornagiri
Where: Uttarakhand, India (29.1° N, 80.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.9° N, 80.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Siwalik Group, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: M. Prasad. 2008. Angiospermous fossil leaves from the Siwalik foreland basins and their palaeoclimatic implications. The Palaeobotanist 57:177-215 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 222808: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 26.10.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Angiospermae | |
Millettia prakashii, Millettia purniyagiriensis n. sp., Cynometra siwalika, Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis n. sp.
Millettia prakashii Shashi et al. 2007 legume
Millettia purniyagiriensis n. sp. Shashi et al. 2007 legume
Cynometra siwalika Awasthi and Prasad 1990 legume
Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis n. sp. Shashi et al. 2007 peacock flower | |
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Sterculia tertiara Shashi et al. 2006 tropical chestnut | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Diospyros palaeoebenum Prasad 1994
Diospyros purniyagiriensis n. sp. Shashi et al. 2007 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Chonemorpha miocenica Prasad and Awasthi 1996 dogbane | |
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Persea purniyagiriensis n. sp. Lakhanpal and Guleria 1978 laurel
Cinnamomum miotavoyanum Shashi et al. 2007 cinnamon
Cinnamomum nepalensis Prasad and Pandey 2008 cinnamon | |
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Commiphora precaudata Shashi et al. 2007 custard apple
Mitrephora siwalika Antal and Awasthi 1993 custard apple
Ellipeia miocenica Shashi et al. 2007 custard apple | |