Nal Lake (Holocene of India)

Also known as Nalsarovar

Where: Gujarat, India (22.8° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 72.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 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 228791: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Lamiales - Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae indet. Martinov 1820 mint
 Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 acanthus
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Oleaceae indet. Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Xanthium sp., Artemisia sp., "Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae
Xanthium sp. Linnaeus 1753 cocklebur
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
Typha angustata Bory de Saint-Vincent and Chaubard 1832 bulrush
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Rutaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 citrus
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus sp. Desfontaines 1786
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Holoptelea sp. Planchon elm
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Urticaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 nettle
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus roxburghii Sargent 1897 chir pine