Gangtok (Quaternary of India)

Where: Sikkim, India (27.3° N, 88.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 88.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-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 228779: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp., Picea sp., Abies sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Angiospermae
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Artemisia sp.
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
 Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Strobilanthes sp.
Strobilanthes sp. Blume 1826 acanthus
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp., Betula sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanopsis sp.
Castanopsis sp. Spach 1842 chinquapin
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp.
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
Edgeworthia sp.
Edgeworthia sp. Meisner 1841 paper bush
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Lepisorus sp.
Lepisorus sp. Smith 1846
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Lygodium sp.
Lygodium sp. Swartz 1800 climbing fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteris sp., Asplenium sp., Davallia sp., Pteridium sp.
Pteris sp. Linnaeus 1753
Asplenium sp. Linnaeus 1753 spleenwort
Davallia sp. Smith 1793
Pteridium sp. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia sp.
Gleichenia sp. Smith 1793