Ghughua, Shahpura (Paleogene of India)

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.1° N, 80.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 72.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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 227848: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 07.11.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurinoxylon deccanensis n. sp.
Laurinoxylon deccanensis n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1980 laurel
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmocarpon sp., Palmocarpon cocoides n. sp., Palmostroboxylon arengoidum n. sp., Palmoxylon shahpuraensis n. sp., Palmoxylon ghughuensis n. sp.
Palmocarpon sp. Miquel 1853 palm
Palmocarpon cocoides n. sp. Mehrotra 1988 palm
Palmostroboxylon arengoidum n. sp. Ambwani 1984 palm
Palmoxylon shahpuraensis n. sp. Ambwani 1983 palm
Palmoxylon ghughuensis n. sp. Ambwani and Prakash 1983 palm
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus dharmendrae n. sp., Callistemonites indicus n. gen. n. sp., Callistemonoxylon deccanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Eucalyptus dharmendrae n. sp. Bande et al. 1986 eucalyptus
Callistemonites indicus n. gen. n. sp. Bande et al. 1986 myrtle
Callistemonoxylon deccanensis n. gen. n. sp. Bande et al. 1986 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiocarpon drypeteoides n. gen. n. sp.
Euphorbiocarpon drypeteoides n. gen. n. sp. Mehrotra et al. 1983 spurge
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
Calophylloxylon dharmendrae n. sp.
Calophylloxylon dharmendrae n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1980
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Baphioxylon palaeonitidoides n. gen. n. sp.
Baphioxylon palaeonitidoides n. gen. n. sp. Trivedi and Srivastava 1986 legume
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Lophopetalumoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.
Lophopetalumoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Mehrotra et al. 1984 bittersweet
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Dracontomeloxylon palaeomangiferum
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
Burseroxylon preserratum
Burseroxylon preserratum Prakash and Tripathi 1975
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Heyneoxylon tertiarum
Heyneoxylon tertiarum Bande and Prakash 1980 mahogany
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Sterculioxylon shahpurensis n. sp.
Sterculioxylon shahpurensis n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1980