Borehole JK5, Jharia Coalfield (Permian of India)

Where: Jharkhand, India (23.7° N, 86.4° E: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 56.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• "Barren Measures Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 224608: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
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Pediastrum sp. Meyen 1829
Gondisporites raniganjensis
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Striatites
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Striatites varius n. sp. Kar 1968
Polypodiopsida
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  - Polypodiaceae
Pteridopsida
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Leiotriletes sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Leiotriletes erectus n. sp. Kar 1968
Lahirites
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Lahirites sp. Bharadwaj 1962
Lahirites rarus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Cyclogranisporites
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Cyclogranisporites gondwanensis Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Indospora
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Indospora sp. Bharadwaj 1962
Indospora clara
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Indospora cf. clara Bharadwaj 1962
Cyclobaculisporites
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Cyclobaculisporites minutus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Cyclobaculisporites minimus n. sp. Kar 1968
Lunatisporites
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Crucisaccites
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cf. Crucisaccites sp. Lele and Maithy 1964
Microfoveolatispora
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Microfoveolatispora sp. Bharadwaj 1962
Plicatipollenites
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Plicatipollenites indicus
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Plicatipollenites
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Plicatipollenites ovatus n. sp. Kar 1968
Verticipollenites
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Horriditriletes curvibaculosus
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Horriditriletes curvibaculosus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Strotersporites
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Sulcatisporites
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Acanthotriletes
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Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites ellipticus n. sp. Kar 1968
Ephedripites dentatus n. sp. Kar 1968
Cycadopsida
 Welwitschiales - Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschiapites tenuis Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964 cycads
Densipollenites indicus
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Densipollenites indicus Bharadwaj 1962
Apiculatisporites levis
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"Apiculatisporites levis n. sp." = Brevitriletes levis
"Apiculatisporites levis n. sp." = Brevitriletes levis Balme and Hennely 1956
Hindipollenites
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Hindipollenites globosus n. sp. Kar 1968
Vesicaspora
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cf. Vesicaspora sp. Schemel 1951
Virkkipollenites
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Virkkipollenites obscurus
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Virkkipollenites
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Decussatisporites
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Decussatisporites lucifer Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Decussatisporites ovatus n. sp. Kar 1968
Marsupipollenites
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Marsupipollenites sp. Balme and Hennelly
Parasaccites
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Parasaccites sp. Bharadwaj and Tiwari 1964
Parasaccites ovatus n. sp. Kar 1968
Divarisaccus lelei
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Divarisaccus lelei n. gen. n. sp.
Divarisaccus lelei n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1966
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Cuneatisporites rarus n. sp. Kar 1968 podocarp
Platysaccus densus n. sp. Kar 1968 podocarp
Platysaccus katriensis n. sp. Kar 1968 podocarp
Aulisporites
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Aulisporites rarus n. sp. Kar 1968
Ginkgocycadophytus
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Lophotriletes
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Lophotriletes novus n. sp. Kar 1968
Lophotriletes latiangulatus n. sp. Kar 1968
Vestigisporites
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Striatopiceites
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Striatopiceites digredius n. sp. Kar 1968
Gnetaceaepollenites
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