Sitalpur, Rajmahal Hills (Jurassic of India)

Where: Jharkhand, India (24.0° N, 86.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 39.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Rajmahal Stage" (Lakhanpur 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 224694: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites sp. Presl 1833
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Ginkgoales indet. Goroschankin 1904
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Nilssonia princeps Oldham and Morris 1862 cycads
Morrisia rajmahalensis
  -
Morrisia rajmahalensis Feistmantel 1877
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
"Cladophlebis indica" = Todites indicus
"Cladophlebis indica" = Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862