Baltal (Pleistocene of India)

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (34.3° N, 75.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 75.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; 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 228782: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans sp.
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp., Corylus sp., Betula sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet.
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp.
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Zygophyllales - Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia sp.
Fagonia sp. Linnaeus 1753 fagonbush
 Brassicales - Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae indet.
Brassicaceae indet. Burnett 1835
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae indet.
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet., Artemisia sp.
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Caprifoliaceae indet.
Caprifoliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 honeysuckle
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp.
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp.
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus wallichiana, Picea sp., Abies sp.
Pinus wallichiana Jackson 1938 blue pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir