Kakadbhit (Jurassic to of India)

Also known as Kukudbhit, Kukurbit

Where: Gujarat, India (23.3° N, 69.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 33.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bhuj Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic to Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 100.5 Ma)

• "Umia 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 226874: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.08.2022

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum rajmahalense Oldham and Morris 1863 horsetail
  -
Cladophlebis kakadbhitensis n. sp. Mehra and Verma 1982
Cladophlebis daradensis Bose and Banerji 1984
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Matonidium sp. Schenk 1871
Kachchhia navicula
  -
Kachchhia navicula Bose and Banerji 1984
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
  -
Linguifolium curvatum n. sp. Bose and Banerji 1984
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
? Bucklandia sp. Sternberg 1825 cycads
Taeniopteris cf. spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
Taeniopteris densinervis n. sp. Feistmantel 1876 cycads
Taeniopteris kutchensis n. sp. Bose and Banerji 1981 cycads
Ctenozamites kachchhensis Bose and Banerji 1984 cycads
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Cycadites cutchensis n. sp. Feistmantel 1876 cycads
Carpolithes
  -
Carpolithes sp. Schlotheim 1820
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites cutchensis n. sp. Feistmantel 1876
Araucarites minutus Bose and Maheshwari 1973
Brachyphyllum royii Bose and Banerji 1984
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
"Pachyphyllum divaricatum" = Pagiophyllum divaricatum Bunbury 1876
Pagiophyllum grantii Bose and Banerji 1984
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites sp. Sternberg 1823
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Pachypteris brevipinnata n. sp. Feistmantel 1876
 Bennettitales -
Williamsonia kakadbhitensis n. sp. Bose and Banerji 1984
Williamsonia blanfordii n. sp. Feistmantel 1876
Cycadolepis sp. Saporta 1875
Cycadolepis pilosa Feistmantel 1876
Bennetticarpus sp. Harris 1932
Otozamites walkamotaensis Bose and Zeba-Bano 1981
Otozamites imbricatus Feistmantel 1876
Otozamites kachchhensis n. sp. Bose and Banerji 1984
Pterophyllum distans Morris 1863
Dictyozamites sp. Oldham 1863
? Rajmahalia sp. Sahni and Rao 1934
"Ptilophyllum cutchense" = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
"Ptilophyllum brachyphyllum n. sp." = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
"Otozamites contiguus n. sp." = Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840
Weltrichia sp. Braun 1843
Weltrichia harrisiana Bose and Banerji 1984
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
"Elatocladus confertus" = Elatocladus conferta
"Elatocladus confertus" = Elatocladus conferta Feistmantel 1877 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya sp. Endlicher 1847 yew
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
"Pachypteris specifica" = Sphenopteris specifica
"Pachypteris specifica" = Sphenopteris specifica Feistmantel 1876