Wakka Chu traverse (Jurassic of India)
Also known as Wakkachu, between Kargil and Pashkum
Where: Jammu & Kashmir, India (34.5° N, 76.2° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° S, 46.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: microfossils
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 226932: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 11.08.2022
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Taxonomic list
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| Equisetopsida | |
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Inaperturopollenites sp. Potonié 1966 | |
| Angiospermae | |
Monosulcites kashmiriensis n. sp.
Monosulcites kashmiriensis n. sp. Ghosh and Lukose 1967 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Cicatricosisporites kashmiriensis n. sp. Ghosh and Lukose 1967
Cicatricosisporites wakkachuensis n. sp. Ghosh and Lukose 1967 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Cingulatisporites sp. Thomson et al. 1953
Cingulatisporites kashmiriensis n. sp. Ghosh and Lukose 1967
Osmundacidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
| Dinophyceae | |
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Hystrichosphaeridium sp. Deflandre 1936 | |