Silthar (Paleogene of India)

Also known as Sylthar, Silther

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.1° N, 80.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 72.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deccan Intertrappean Formation, Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 Ma)

• "Early Tertiary" (Srivastava 1991)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 227845: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 07.11.2022

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon dilacunosum n. sp. Ambwani 1984 palm
Palmoxylon siltherensis n. sp. Ambwani 1984 palm
 Rosids - Moraceae
Artocarpoxylon deccanensis n. sp. Mehrotra et al. 1984 mulberry