Burio (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Borrio

Where: Jharkhand, India (25.0° N, 87.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 41.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rajmahal Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• "Rajmahal 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 224678: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

 Coniferales -
Allocladus bansaensis Sukh-Dev and Zeba-Bano 1979
 Bennettitales -
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Stangerites ensis n. sp." = Taeniopteris ensis, "Pterophyllum fissum n. sp." = Nilssonia fissa
"Stangerites ensis n. sp." = Taeniopteris ensis Oldham 1863 cycads
"Pterophyllum fissum n. sp." = Nilssonia fissa Feistmantel 1879 cycads
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia indica Feistmantel 1876 cycads
Morrisia rajmahalensis
  -
? Morrisia rajmahalensis Feistmantel 1877
Morrisia dentata
  -
Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum rajmahalense Oldham and Morris 1863 horsetail
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
"Sphenopteris bunburyana n. sp." = Hymenophyllites bunburyanus
"Sphenopteris bunburyana n. sp." = Hymenophyllites bunburyanus Oldham and Morris 1863
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae