Nirscha, Raniganj Coalfield (Permian to of India)

Also known as Nirisha

Where: West Bengal, India (23.4° N, 87.2° E: paleocoordinates 66.6° S, 57.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Artinskian to Artinskian (290.1 - 272.3 Ma)

• "Barakar 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 225450: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Vertebraria indica Royle 1839
Glossopteris intermittens n. sp. Feistmantel 1881