Bhairauv Mandir, Purniyagiri Road Locality 10 (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 224500: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Miliusa (Saccopetalum) pretomentosa, Popowia siwalica n. sp., Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa n. sp.
Miliusa (Saccopetalum) pretomentosa Prasad et al. 2004 custard apple
BSIP No. 41292
Popowia siwalica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 custard apple
BSIP No. 41291 (holotype)
Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 custard apple
BSIP No. 41294 (holotype)
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindus eotrifoliatus n. sp.
Sapindus eotrifoliatus n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 soapnut
BSIP No. 41320 (holotype), Nos. 41321–41323
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Derris mioscandens n. sp., Cynometra palaeoiripa
Derris mioscandens n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 legume
BSIP No. 41346 (holotype)
Cynometra palaeoiripa Prasad et al. 2004 legume
BSIP No. 41348
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Sarcochlamys miopulcherrima n. sp.
Sarcochlamys miopulcherrima n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 nettle
BSIP No. 41380 (holotype)
 Zygophyllales - Zygophyllaceae
Balanites siwalica n. sp.
Balanites siwalica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 caltrop
BSIP No. 41312 (holotype), No. 41313
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Terminalia bhairauvensis n. sp.
Terminalia bhairauvensis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017
BSIP No. No. 41349 (holotype), No. 41350
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Lagerstroemia mioparviflora
Lagerstroemia mioparviflora Dwivedi et al. 2006 crepe myrtle
BSIP Nos. 41355–41359
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Chrysophyllum bhairauvensis n. sp.
Chrysophyllum bhairauvensis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017
BSIP No. 41368 (holotype)