Bhujodi (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Bhajodi

Where: Gujarat, India (23.2° N, 69.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 34.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bhuj Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• "Umia 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 224877: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
"Palissya bhoojoorensis n. sp." = Pachypteris indica
"Palissya bhoojoorensis n. sp." = Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites sp. Sternberg 1823
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel 1876
 Bennettitales -
Cycadolepis pilosa n. sp. Feistmantel 1876
Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris cf. hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp., "Pachypteris specifica n. sp." = Sphenopteris specifica
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
"Pachypteris specifica n. sp." = Sphenopteris specifica Feistmantel 1876