Mahendra Highway between Barghat and Dumkibas (Miocene of Nepal)

Also known as Bardaghat

Where: Nepal (27.6° N, 83.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 22.7° N, 84.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Binai 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 223320: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Mussaendopsis suborbiculatus n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 coffee
BSIP 37692 (holotype), 37693
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus miocenicus n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 fig
BSIP 37697 (holotype)
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Shorea nepalensis n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999
BSIP 37683 (holotype), 37684
Hopea siwalika Antal and Awasthi 1993
BSIP 37685
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Ventilago ovatus n. sp. Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 buckthorn
BSIP 37689 (holotype)