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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| unclassified | |
| Dinoflagellata | |
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Hystrichosphaera cf. furcata Wetzel 1933 | |
| Dinophyceae | |
| Ginkgocycadophytus | |
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Ginkgocycadophytus sp. Samoilovitch 1953 | |
| Oudhkusumites foveolatus | |
Oudhkusumites foveolatus n. sp.
Oudhkusumites foveolatus n. sp. Srivastava 1967 | |
| Lycopodiopsida | |
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Lycopodiumsporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
Lycopodium austroclavatidites ground pine | |
| Concavisporites | |
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Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
| Trilobosporites | |
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Trilobosporites cf. trioreticulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Cingulatisporites sp. Thomson et al. 1953
Cingulatisporites floridus Balme 1957
Deltoidospora sp. Miner 1935
Cyathidites cf. australis Couper 1953 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
"Triletes comaumensis" = Trilites comaumensis, Dicksoniaceaesporites sp.
"Triletes comaumensis" = Trilites comaumensis Cookson 1953
Dicksoniaceaesporites sp. Biswas 1962 | |
|
Polypodiaceaesporites sp. Thiergart | |
|
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
|
Classopollis minor Pocock and Jansonius 1961
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
| Hexacolpites | |
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Hexacolpites sp. Erdtman 1947 | |
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Aquilapollenites quadrilobus Rouse 1957 | |
| Triporites | |
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Triporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 | |
| Hymenophyllumsporites | |
| Callialasporites triletus | |
"Callialasporites triletus" = Singhiapollis triletus
"Callialasporites triletus" = Singhiapollis triletus Singh et al. 1964 | |
| Hexacolporites | |
|
Hexacolporites sp. Erdtman | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Nymphaeaceaepites sp. Biswas 1962 water lily | |
|
Palmaepites sp. Biswas 1962 palm | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
|
Tricolporites sp. Cookson 1947 | |
Callialasporites sp., Callialasporites segmentatus, Callialasporites monoalasporus, Callialasporites dampieri, Callialasporites trilobatus, Microcachryidites cf. antarcticus, Dacrycarpites sp., Podocarpidites sp., Parvisaccites sp.
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites segmentatus Balme 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites monoalasporus Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Microcachryidites cf. antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Dacrycarpites sp. Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Parvisaccites sp. Couper 1958 podocarp | |
| Pinopsida | |
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Abietineaepollenites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 yew | |
| Alisporites | |
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Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941 | |
| Staplinisporites | |
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Staplinisporites sp. Pocock 1962 | |
| Staplinisporites caminus | |
|
Staplinisporites caminus Pocock 1962 | |
| Sphagnaceae | |
|
Sphagnites sp. Cookson | |
| Acanthotriletes | |
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Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954 | |
| Cycadopites | |
|
Cycadopites sp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
| Cycadopsida | |
|
Welwitschiapites sp. Bolkhovitina cycads | |
| Cirratriradites | |
|
Cirratriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
| Caytonipollenites | |
|
Caytonipollenites sp. Couper | |
| Dothideomycetes | |