Rayani, near Sivaganga Railway Station (Jurassic of India)

Where: Tamil Nadu, India (9.9° N, 78.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° S, 19.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Kota Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; 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 224716: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
 Bennettitales -
Ginkgoites crassipes
  -
? Ginkgoites crassipes Feistmantel 1877
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris densinervis Feistmantel 1876 cycads
Taeniopteris spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia sp. Ettingshausen 1852 cycads
Morrisia dentata
  -
Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
Polypodiopsida
  -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
? Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825