Tinau Khola, Locality 3 (Miocene of Nepal)

Also known as Tinaau River

Where: Nepal (27.7° N, 83.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 22.9° N, 83.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Arung Khola Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Primary reference: M. Konomatsu and N. Awasthi. 1999. Plant fossils from Arung Khola and Binai Khola Formations of Churia Group (Siwalik), west central Nepal and their palaeoecological and phytogeographical significance. The Palaeobotanist 48:163-181 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223319: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Homonoia lanceolata n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 spurge
BSIP 37695 (holotype), 37696
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Chisocheton ellipticus n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 mahogany
BSIP 37687 (holotype), 37688
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Shorea miocenica n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999
BSIP 37681 (holotype), 37682
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Mitragyna tertiara n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 coffee
BSIP 37691 (holotype)