Karaikal "Well 2", Puducherry (Cretaceous of India)
Also known as Karikal, Pondicherry
Where: India (10.9° N, 79.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 46.5° S, 54.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 224605: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022
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Taxonomic list
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| Staplinisporites | |
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Staplinisporites sp. Pocock 1962 | |
| Staplinisporites caminus | |
|
Staplinisporites caminus Pocock 1962 | |
| unclassified | |
| Sphagnaceae | |
|
Sphagnites sp. Cookson | |
Parvisaccites sp., Microcachryidites cf. antarcticus, Dacrycarpites sp., Podocarpidites sp., Callialasporites sp., Callialasporites segmentatus, Callialasporites trilobatus, Callialasporites monoalasporus, Callialasporites dampieri
Parvisaccites sp. Couper 1958 podocarp
Microcachryidites cf. antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Dacrycarpites sp. Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites segmentatus Balme 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites monoalasporus Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
| Pinopsida | |
|
Abietineaepollenites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 yew | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
|
Tricolporites sp. Cookson 1947 | |
| Angiospermae | |
|
Nymphaeaceaepites sp. Biswas 1962 water lily | |
|
Palmaepites sp. Biswas 1962 palm | |
| Callialasporites triletus | |
"Callialasporites triletus" = Singhiapollis triletus
"Callialasporites triletus" = Singhiapollis triletus Singh et al. 1964 | |
| Oudhkusumites foveolatus | |
Oudhkusumites foveolatus n. sp.
Oudhkusumites foveolatus n. sp. Srivastava 1967 | |
| Cirratriradites | |
|
Cirratriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
| Caytonipollenites | |
|
Caytonipollenites sp. Couper | |
| Ginkgocycadophytus | |
|
Ginkgocycadophytus sp. Samoilovitch 1953 | |
| Lycopodiopsida | |
|
Lycopodiumsporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
Lycopodium austroclavatidites ground pine | |
| Acanthotriletes | |
|
Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954 | |
| Cycadopites | |
|
Cycadopites sp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
| Cycadopsida | |
|
Welwitschiapites sp. Bolkhovitina cycads | |
| Trilobosporites | |
|
Trilobosporites cf. trioreticulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
| Concavisporites | |
|
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
|
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
Dicksoniaceaesporites sp., "Triletes comaumensis" = Trilites comaumensis
Dicksoniaceaesporites sp. Biswas 1962
"Triletes comaumensis" = Trilites comaumensis Cookson 1953 | |
|
Polypodiaceaesporites sp. Thiergart | |
| Pteridopsida | |
|
Cingulatisporites sp. Thomson et al. 1953
Cingulatisporites floridus Balme 1957
Cyathidites cf. australis Couper 1953
Deltoidospora sp. Miner 1935 | |
|
Aquilapollenites quadrilobus Rouse 1957 | |
| Triporites | |
|
Triporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 | |
| Hexacolpites | |
|
Hexacolpites sp. Erdtman 1947 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
|
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Classopollis minor Pocock and Jansonius 1961 | |
| Alisporites | |
|
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941 | |
| Hexacolporites | |
|
Hexacolporites sp. Erdtman | |
| Hymenophyllumsporites | |
| Dinoflagellata | |
|
Hystrichosphaera cf. furcata Wetzel 1933 | |
| Dinophyceae | |
| Dothideomycetes | |