Ratnagiri (Miocene of India)

Where: Maharashtra, India (17.0° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 72.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lignite Beds Member, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lignite

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts

Primary reference: R. Srivastava. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 4: Cenozoic (Tertiary) Megafossils. 1-45 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227811: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.11.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiales indet.
Polypodiales indet. Link 1833
"sporogonium"
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
Garcinia sp., Garcinia indica
Garcinia sp. Linnaeus 1753 mangosteen
Garcinia indica Choisy 1824 mangosteen
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Glochidion malabaricum
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Bruguiera gymnorhiza
Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lamarck 1819 mangrove
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Hopea wightiana
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Nothopegia sp.
Nothopegia sp. Blume 1850 cashew
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Schleichera trijuga
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros sp., Diospyros foliosa, Diospyros microphylla
Diospyros sp. Linnaeus 1753
Diospyros foliosa Bakhuizen 1941
Diospyros microphylla Beddome 1872
Angiospermae
 Cornales - Alangiaceae
Alangium sp.
Alangium sp. Lamarck 1783
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Nypa sp.
Nypa sp. van Wurmb 1779 palm