Anchar Lake (Quaternary of India)

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (34.1° N, 74.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.6° N, 75.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

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 228775: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.01.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea sp., Cedrus sp., Abies sp., Pinus wallichiana
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Pinus wallichiana Jackson 1938 blue pine
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp.
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp.
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet., Cerealia indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet.
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
Berberidaceae indet.
Berberidaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 barberry
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago sp.
Plantago sp. Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet.
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet., Artemisia sp.
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp.
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
 Brassicales - Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae indet.
Brassicaceae indet. Burnett 1835
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp.
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet.
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp.
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia sp.
Acacia sp. Miller 1758 wattle
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus sp., Alnus sp., Corylus sp., Betula sp.
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans sp., Carya sp.
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moraceae indet.
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
 Piperales - Piperaceae
Peperomia sp.
Peperomia sp. Ruiz López and Pavón 1794 pepper
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet.
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
 Ericales - Primulaceae
Primulaceae indet.
Primulaceae indet. Borkhausen 1797 primrose