Karkati, Shahdol (Permian to of India)

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.2° N, 81.5° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° S, 52.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lopingian to Lopingian (259.9 - 247.2 Ma)

• "? Upper Permian (? Raniganj Stage)" or "? Lower Triassic (? Panchet Series)" (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 225068: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 21.04.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Coniferales -
Samaropsis raniganjensis n. sp. Seward and Sahni 1920
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum karkatiensis n. sp. Vimal and Singh 1968
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
? Schizoneura sp. Schimper and Mougeot 1844
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris polymorpha Feistmantel 1876
Dictyopteridiopsida
  -
"Macrotaeniopteris danaeoides" = Rhabdotaenia danaeoides
"Macrotaeniopteris danaeoides" = Rhabdotaenia danaeoides Royle 1833
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris rewaensis n. sp. Chandra and Surange 1979
"Glossopteris cordata n. sp." = Glossopteris feistmantelii Rigby 1964
Glossopteris angustifolia Brongniart 1830
Glossopteris damudica Feistmantel 1879
Glossopteris spatulata Pant and Singh 1971
Dictyopteridium sporiferum Feistmantel 1881