Kamal Tal (Holocene of India)

Where: Uttarakhand, India (29.3° N, 79.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 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 228784: 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 roxburghii, Pinus wallichiana
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Pinus roxburghii Sargent 1897 chir pine
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
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae indet.
Polygonaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 knotweed
 Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae indet.
Verbenaceae indet. Saint-Hilaire 1805 verbena
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Fraxinus sp.
Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago sp.
Plantago sp. Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet., Artemisia sp.
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
 Asterales - Campanulaceae
Campanulaceae indet.
Campanulaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Brassicales - Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae indet.
Brassicaceae indet. Burnett 1835
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Meliaceae indet.
Meliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mahogany
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae indet.
Euphorbiaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 spurge
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Urticaceae indet.
Urticaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 nettle
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet.
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp.
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Cannabis sp.
Cannabis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hemp
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Zygophyllales - Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia sp.
Fagonia sp. Linnaeus 1753 fagonbush