PBDB Collection

Nawargaon (Paleogene of India)

Where: Maharashtra, India (21.0° N, 78.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 69.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deccan Intertrappean Formation, Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 Ma)

• "Early Tertiary" (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 225724: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Equisetopsida
-	Paraphyllanthoxylon palaeoemblica n. sp. Paraphyllanthoxylon palaeoemblica n. sp. Prakash et al. 1986
Angiospermae
Poales - Poaceae	Culmites eleusineoides n. sp. Culmites eleusineoides n. sp. Bonde 1986 grass
Poales - Cyperaceae	Scirpusoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Scirpusoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Shete 1986 sedge "Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae	Palmocarpon coryphoidium n. sp., Rhizopalmoxylon phonixoides n. sp., Sabalophyllum livistonoides n. gen. n. sp., cf. Sabal sp., Palmocaulon hyphaeneoides n. sp., Palmoxylon sclerodermum, Palmoxylon hyphaeneoides n. sp., Palmoxylon arviensis n. sp., Palmoxylon nawargaonsis n. sp., Palmoxylon livistonoides n. sp., cf. Borassus sp. Palmocarpon coryphoidium n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1985 palm "Nawargaon-Maragsur" Rhizopalmoxylon phonixoides n. sp. Patil and Kulkarni 1978 palm Sabalophyllum livistonoides n. gen. n. sp. Bonde 1986 palm cf. Sabal sp. Adanson 1763 palm Palmocaulon hyphaeneoides n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1980 palm "Nawargaon-Maragsur" Palmoxylon sclerodermum Sahni 1943 palm Palmoxylon hyphaeneoides n. sp. Rao and Shete 1986 palm "Nawargaon-Maragsur" Palmoxylon arviensis n. sp. Ambwani 1981 palm Palmoxylon nawargaonsis n. sp. Shukla 1941 palm Palmoxylon livistonoides n. sp. Prakash and Ambwani 1980 palm cf. Borassus sp. Linnaeus 1753 palmyra palm
Lamiales - Verbenaceae	Gmelina tertiara n. sp. Gmelina tertiara n. sp. Bande 1987 verbena
Lamiales - Bignoniaceae	Heterophragmoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Heterophragmoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 trumpet vine "Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Dicotyledoneae
Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae	Sonneratioxylon caeseolarioides n. sp., Sonneratioxylon nawargaoensis n. sp. Sonneratioxylon caeseolarioides n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 "Nawargaon-Maragsur" Sonneratioxylon nawargaoensis n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1984
Primulales - Myrsinaceae	Ardisioxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Ardisioxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 "Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Angiospermae
Piperales - Aristolochiaceae	Aristolochioxylon prakashii n. gen. n. sp. Aristolochioxylon prakashii n. gen. n. sp. Kulkarni and Patil 1977 magnoliids
Fabales - Fabaceae	Aeschynomenoxylon nawargaoensis n. sp. Aeschynomenoxylon nawargaoensis n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 legume
Sapindales - Meliaceae	Amooroxylon deccanensis n. gen. n. sp. Amooroxylon deccanensis n. gen. n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1984 mahogany
Sapindales - Rutaceae	Evodinium indicum n. sp., Evodinium intertrappeum n. gen. n. sp. Evodinium indicum n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1984 citrus Evodinium intertrappeum n. gen. n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 citrus "Nawargaon-Maragsur"