Banchapa, Rajmahal Hills (Jurassic of India)
Where: Jharkhand, India (25.2° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 41.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• "Rajmahal 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 224958: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.04.2022
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Taxonomic list
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Equisetopsida | |
Dadoxylon rajmahalense n. sp. Sahni 1931
Dadoxylon cf. rajmahalense Sahni 1931 | |
Cycadolepis indica, Rajmahalia paradoxa, "Ptilophyllum acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium, "Palaeozamia acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium
Cycadolepis indica Gupta 1954
Rajmahalia paradoxa Sahni and Rao 1934
"Ptilophyllum acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium Morris 1840
"Palaeozamia acutifolium" = Ptilophyllum acutifolium Morris 1840 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris rajmahalensis Sahni and Rao 1934 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
"Cladophlebis indica" = Todites indicus
"Cladophlebis indica" = Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862 | |
Marattiopsis macrocarpa Oldham and Morris 1863 | |
Morrisia rajmahalensis | |
Morrisia rajmahalensis Feistmantel 1877 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Nilssonia princeps Oldham and Morris 1862 cycads |