Maraksur (Paleogene of India)

Also known as Maragsur

Where: Maharashtra, India (21.0° N, 78.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 69.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deccan Intertrappean Formation, Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 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 225698: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 25.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmocaulon costapalmatum n. sp. Kulkarni and Patil 1977 palm
Palmoxylon deccanense n. sp. Sahni 1964 palm