Chechariya, Shahdol (Triassic of India)

Also known as Chicharia

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.5° N, 81.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 46.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parsora Formation, Triassic (251.9 - 201.4 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 226939: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 12.08.2022

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Taxonomic list

Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
"Thinnfeldia sahnii n. sp." = Dicroidium sahnii Seward 1932
Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia sp. Ettingshausen 1852 cycads
 Cordaitales -
? Cordaicarpus sp. Geinitz 1862
Cordaicarpus chichariensis n. sp. Lele 1963