Bindraban (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Bindaban

Where: Jharkhand, India (25.2° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° S, 41.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 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 224686: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Ginkgoopsida
 Pentoxylales -
"Williamsonia rajmahalensis n. sp." = Carnoconites rajmahalensis
"Williamsonia rajmahalensis n. sp." = Carnoconites rajmahalensis Wieland 1911
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Taeniopteris buskoghatensis" = Taeniopteris crassinervis, Taeniopteris oldhamii n. sp., "Anomozamites fissus" = Nilssonia fissa
"Taeniopteris buskoghatensis" = Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877 cycads
Taeniopteris oldhamii n. sp. Bose and Banerji 1981 cycads
"Anomozamites fissus" = Nilssonia fissa Feistmantel 1879 cycads
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
"Cycadites rajmahalensis n. sp." = Cycadites rajmahalensis, "Cycadites blanfordianus n. sp." = Cycadites rajmahalensis, "Cycadites conferta n. sp." = Cycadites rajmahalensis
"Cycadites rajmahalensis n. sp." = Cycadites rajmahalensis Oldham 1863 cycads
"Cycadites blanfordianus n. sp." = Cycadites rajmahalensis Oldham 1863 cycads
"Cycadites conferta n. sp." = Cycadites rajmahalensis Oldham 1863 cycads
Taeniopteris morrisi
  -
"Taeniopteris morrisi n. sp." = Macrotaeniopteris morrisii
"Taeniopteris morrisi n. sp." = Macrotaeniopteris morrisii Oldham 1863
Stangerites mcclellandi
  -
"Stangerites mcclellandi n. sp." = Morrisia mcclellandi
"Stangerites mcclellandi n. sp." = Morrisia mcclellandi Oldham and Morris 1863
Morrisia rajmahalensis
  -
? Morrisia rajmahalensis Feistmantel 1877
Hepaticae
  -
Hepaticites pantii n. sp. Bose and Pal 1982 liverwort
Araucarites gracilis
  -
"Araucarites gracilis n. sp." = Selaginellites gracilis
"Araucarites gracilis n. sp." = Selaginellites gracilis Oldham and Morris 1863
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
"Taxodites indicus n. sp." = Pachypteris indica
"Taxodites indicus n. sp." = Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
"Cheirolepis cf. muensteri" = Hirmeriella muensteri, Araucarites bindrabunensis n. sp., Dadoxylon bindrabunense n. sp.
"Cheirolepis cf. muensteri" = Hirmeriella muensteri Schenk 1867
Araucarites bindrabunensis n. sp. Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Dadoxylon bindrabunense n. sp. Sah and Jain 1964
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
"Dicksonia bindrabunensis n. sp." = Sphenopteris bindrabunensis, Sphenopteris hislopii
"Dicksonia bindrabunensis n. sp." = Sphenopteris bindrabunensis Feistmantel 1876
Sphenopteris hislopii Oldham and Morris 1863
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites sp., Gleichenia rewahensis, "Pecopteris gleichenoides n. sp." = Gleichenia gleichenoides, "Gleichenites bindrabunensis n. sp." = Gleichenia gleichenoides, Gleichenia bosahii
Gleichenites sp. Göppert 1836
Gleichenia rewahensis Feistmantel 1882
"Pecopteris gleichenoides n. sp." = Gleichenia gleichenoides Oldham and Morris 1863
"Gleichenites bindrabunensis n. sp." = Gleichenia gleichenoides Oldham and Morris 1863
Gleichenia bosahii Pant and Srivastava 1977
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
"Pecopteris macrocarpa n. sp." = Marattiopsis macrocarpa
"Pecopteris macrocarpa n. sp." = Marattiopsis macrocarpa Oldham and Morris 1863
  - Osmundaceae
"Pecopteris (Alethopteris) indica n. sp." = Todites indicus, "Osmundites sahnii n. sp." = Osmundacaulis sahnii
"Pecopteris (Alethopteris) indica n. sp." = Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862
"Osmundites sahnii n. sp." = Osmundacaulis sahnii Vishnu-Mittre 1956
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum rajmahalense Oldham and Morris 1863 horsetail
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris lobata n. sp. Oldham 1863
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Cunninghamites dubiosus n. sp. Feistmantel 1877 yew
 Bennettitales -
Rajmahalia paradoxa, "Ptilophyllum cutchense" = Ptilophyllum cutchense, "Palaeozamia cutchensis n. sp." = Ptilophyllum cutchense, "Ptilophyllum acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium, "Palaeozamia acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium, Williamsonia sp., Williamsonia cf. setosa, Williamsonia gigas, Williamsonia indica, Otozamites bengalensis, Otozamites imbricatus, Pterophyllum medlicottianum n. sp., "Pterophyllum hislopianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum distans, "Pterophyllum morrisianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum morrisianum, "Pterophyllum morrisianum" = Pterophyllum morrisianum, "Pterophyllum carterianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum morrisianum, "Pterophyllum falconerianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum morrisianum, "Pterophyllum princeps n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps, "Taeniopteris lata n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps, "Pterophyllum crassum n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps, "Taeniopteris musaefolia n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps, "Pterophyllum rajmahalense n. sp." = Pterophyllum rajmahalense, "Nilssonia bindrabunensis n. sp." = Pterophyllum rajmahalense, Dictyozamites indicus, Cycadolepis indica, "Cyclopteris oldhami n. sp." = Cycadolepis oldhamii, Anomozamites amarjolense
Rajmahalia paradoxa Sahni and Rao 1934
"Ptilophyllum cutchense" = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
"Palaeozamia cutchensis n. sp." = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
"Ptilophyllum acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium Morris 1840
"Palaeozamia acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium Morris 1840
Williamsonia sp. Carruthers 1870
Williamsonia gigas Lindley and Hutton 1831
Williamsonia indica Seward 1917
Otozamites imbricatus Feistmantel 1876
previously identified as "Ptilophyllum acutifolium"
Pterophyllum medlicottianum n. sp. Oldham and Morris 1863
"Pterophyllum hislopianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum distans Morris 1863
"Pterophyllum morrisianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum morrisianum Oldham 1863
"Pterophyllum morrisianum" = Pterophyllum morrisianum Oldham 1863
"Pterophyllum carterianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum morrisianum Oldham 1863
"Pterophyllum falconerianum n. sp." = Pterophyllum morrisianum Oldham 1863
"Pterophyllum princeps n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris 1862
"Taeniopteris lata n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris 1862
"Pterophyllum crassum n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris 1862
"Taeniopteris musaefolia n. sp." = Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris 1862
"Pterophyllum rajmahalense n. sp." = Pterophyllum rajmahalense Morris 1863
"Nilssonia bindrabunensis n. sp." = Pterophyllum rajmahalense Morris 1863
Dictyozamites indicus Feistmantel 1876
Cycadolepis indica Gupta 1954
"Cyclopteris oldhami n. sp." = Cycadolepis oldhamii Feistmantel 1877
Anomozamites amarjolense Sharma et al. 1971
 Coniferales -
"Allocladus rajmahalense" = Allocladus bansaensis
"Allocladus rajmahalense" = Allocladus bansaensis Sukh-Dev and Zeba-Bano 1979
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus sp., "Palissya conferta n. sp." = Elatocladus conferta
Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp
"Palissya conferta n. sp." = Elatocladus conferta Feistmantel 1877 podocarp