Tocklai Experimental Station, Cinnamara (Pleistocene of India)

Also known as Tockalai

Where: Assam, India (26.7° N, 94.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 94.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty claystone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: M. S. Chauhan. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 6: Cenozoic (Quaternary) Palynology and Palaeobotany. 1-50 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228759: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 05.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Woodwardia sp. Smith 1793
  - Polypodiaceae
Drynaria sp. Smith 1842
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Nephrodium sp. Smith 1841
Onychium sp. Kaulfuss 1820
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona sp." = Annona
"Anona sp." = Annona Linnaeus 1753 custard apple
 Piperales - Piperaceae
Piperaceae indet. Giseke 1792 pepper
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Engelhardtia sp." = Engelhardia
"Engelhardtia sp." = Engelhardia Blume 1825
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae, Acacia sp.
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia sp. Miller 1758 wattle
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Malvaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mallow
 Rosids - Moraceae
Artocarpus sp. Forster and Forster 1776 mulberry
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Jasminum sp. Linnaeus 1753 jasmine
 Lamiales - Lamiaceae
Ocimum sp. Linnaeus 1753 basil
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Abelia sp. Brown 1818 honeysuckle
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Dilleniales - Dilleniaceae
Dillenia sp. Linnaeus 1753
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Balsaminaceae
Impatiens sp. Linnaeus 1753 balsam
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya sp. Thunberg 1783 tea
Ternstroemia sp. Mutis 1782 tea
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos sp. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Syzygium sp. Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Ardisia sp. Swartz 1788 coralberry