Purniyagiri Road Locality 8 (Miocene of India)

Where: Uttarakhand, India (29.2° N, 80.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 80.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Formation (Siwalik Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Primary reference: M. Prasad, A. K. Kannaujia, S. Kumar and S. K. Singh. 2017. Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. The Palaeobotanist 66:223-312 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224498: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fabales - Polygalaceae
Securidaca precorymbosa n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 milkwort
BSIP No. 41295 (holotype)
 Aquifoliales - Stemonuraceae
Gomphandra palaeocoriacea n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017
BSIP No. 41315 (holotype), Nos. 41316–41317
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
Medinilla siwalica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017
BSIP No. 41352 (holotype)