Ghutiari, Rajmahal Hills (Jurassic of India)

Where: Bihar, India (25.0° N, 86.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° S, 41.2° 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 225578: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 17.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Marattiopsis macrocarpa Oldham and Morris 1863
Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
"Pecopteris salicifolia n. sp." = Thinnfeldia indica
"Pecopteris salicifolia n. sp." = Thinnfeldia indica Feistmantel 1876 cycads
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum distans n. sp. Morris 1863
Pterophyllum medlicottianum Oldham and Morris 1863