Salaiya, Shahdol (Permian to of India)

Also known as Salaia

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.4° N, 81.0° E: paleocoordinates 53.4° S, 52.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lopingian to Lopingian (259.9 - 247.2 Ma)

• 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 225421: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris polymorpha Feistmantel 1876
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris communis Feistmantel 1876
Glossopteris browniana Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris indica Schimper 1869
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Schizoneura gondwanensis Feistmantel 1879
 Cordaitales -
Cordaicarpus ovatus n. sp. Lele 1963
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis ballii Feistmantel 1886 cycads
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis menisca n. sp. Lele 1963
Samaropsis surangei n. sp. Lele 1963