Mandro, Rajmahal Hills (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Murrero, Murreo

Where: Jharkhand, India (25.1° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 41.8° 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 224876: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon agathioides n. sp. Kräusel and Jain 1964
Dadoxylon santalense n. sp. Sah and Jain 1964
Dadoxylon mandroense n. sp. Sah and Jain 1964
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
"Palissya indica" = Pachypteris indica
"Palissya indica" = Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites sessilis n. sp. Sahni 1928
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris bindrabunensis Feistmantel 1876
 Bennettitales -
"Dictyozamites indica n. sp." = Dictyozamites indicus Feistmantel 1876
Anomozamites crenata McClelland 1850
"Strobilites pascoei n. sp." = Williamsonia kakadbhitensis Bose and Banerji 1984
Pterophyllum medlicottianum Oldham and Morris 1863
Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris 1862
"Zamites proximus" = Pterophyllum footeanum Feistmantel 1879
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
"Palissya conferta" = Elatocladus conferta
"Palissya conferta" = Elatocladus conferta Feistmantel 1877 podocarp
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis n. sp." = Taeniopteris crassinervis, "Taeniopteris buskoghatensis" = Taeniopteris crassinervis
"Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis n. sp." = Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877 cycads
"Taeniopteris buskoghatensis" = Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877 cycads
Taeniopteris dentata
  -
"Taeniopteris dentata n. sp." = Morrisia dentata
"Taeniopteris dentata n. sp." = Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
Morrisia dentata
  -
"Morrisia dentata" = Morrisia dentata
"Morrisia dentata" = Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
Ginkgoopsida
 Pentoxylales -