Also known as BSIP section L(902)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.3° N, 69.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 34.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bhuj Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone and shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,

• Repository: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

•Venkatachala 1968: "Ten-twelve grams of material were kept in Hydrofluoric acid (40%) for 2-4 days followed by Nitric acid (40%) for 2-3 days. Potassium hydroxide solution (3%) was used for 2-3 minutes. The slides were prepared with Polyvenyl alcohol and mounted in canada balsam."

Primary reference: B. S. Venkatachala. 1968. Palynology of the Mesozoic sediments of Kutch-4. Spores and pollen from the Bhuj exposures near Bhuj, Gujarat district. The Palaeobotanist 17(1):208-219 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227025: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 23.08.2022

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