Bansloi River at Amrapara (Jurassic of India)

Where: Jharkhand, India (24.5° N, 87.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 41.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rajmahal Formation, 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 224718: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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 Coniferales -
Coniferocaulon sp., Allocladus bansaensis
Coniferocaulon sp. Fliche 1900
Allocladus bansaensis Sukh-Dev and Zeba-Bano 1979
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Mesembrioxylon rajmahalense
Mesembrioxylon rajmahalense Jain 1965 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
cf. Williamsonia sp., "Dictyopteris falcata n. sp." = Dictyozamites falcatus, "Dictyozamites indica" = Dictyozamites indicus, "Homoxylon rajmahalense" = Sahnioxylon rajmahalense, Ptilophyllum acutifolium, "Ptilophyllum cutchense" = Ptilophyllum cutchense, "Palaeozamia cutchensis" = Ptilophyllum cutchense
cf. Williamsonia sp. Carruthers 1870
"fructification" and "stem"
"Dictyopteris falcata n. sp." = Dictyozamites falcatus Morris 1863
"Dictyozamites indica" = Dictyozamites indicus Feistmantel 1876
"Homoxylon rajmahalense" = Sahnioxylon rajmahalense Sahni 1932
"Ptilophyllum cutchense" = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
"Palaeozamia cutchensis" = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Bucklandia dichotoma n. sp., Bucklandia sahnii
Bucklandia dichotoma n. sp. Sharma 1969 cycads
Bucklandia sahnii Bose 1953 cycads
Stangerites mcclellandi
  -
"Stangerites mcclellandi" = Morrisia mcclellandi
"Stangerites mcclellandi" = Morrisia mcclellandi Oldham and Morris 1863
Morrisia dentata
  -
Morrisia dentata
Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
unclassified
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Coniferophyta indet.
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum mamillare, Dadoxylon amraparense n. sp.
Brachyphyllum mamillare Brongniart 1828
Dadoxylon amraparense n. sp. Sah and Jain 1964