Sultanicherra, Cachar (Miocene of India)

Where: Assam, India (24.4° N, 92.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 92.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tipam Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

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 224675: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Mangiferoxylon assamicum n. sp.
Mangiferoxylon assamicum n. sp. Prakash and Tripathi 1970 cashew
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Anisopteroxylon garoense
Anisopteroxylon garoense Chowdhury 1938
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Hopeoxylon assamicum n. sp.
Hopeoxylon assamicum n. sp. Lalitha and Prakash 1980 legume
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
Kayeoxylon assamicum
Kayeoxylon assamicum Chowdhury and Tandan 1949
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Gymnosporioxylon palaeoemarginatum n. gen. n. sp.
Gymnosporioxylon palaeoemarginatum n. gen. n. sp. Lalitha and Prakash 1984 bittersweet
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Lagerstroemioxylon eoflosreginum n. sp.
Lagerstroemioxylon eoflosreginum n. sp. Prakash and Tripathi 1970