East Kolkata Salt Lakes (Quaternary of India)

Also known as Calcutta

Where: West Bengal, India (22.5° N, 88.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 88.4° 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: 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 228793: 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
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet., Cerealia indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp.
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet.
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet.
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet.
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Gentianales - Gentianaceae
Nymphoides sp.
Nymphoides sp. Séguier 1754 gentian
 Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Clerodendrum sp., Lippia sp.
Clerodendrum sp. Linnaeus 1753 glorybower
Lippia sp. Linnaeus 1753 verbena
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago sp.
Plantago sp. Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Justicia sp., Acanthus ilicifolius, Dipteracanthus sp.
Justicia sp. Linnaeus 1753 water-willow
Acanthus ilicifolius Linnaeus 1753 acanthus
Dipteracanthus sp. Nees acanthus
 Lamiales - Lamiaceae
Ocimum sp.
Ocimum sp. Linnaeus 1753 basil
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae indet.
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae indet.
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae indet.
Polygonaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet.
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Heritiera sp.
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Anacardium sp.
Anacardium sp. Linnaeus 1753 cashew
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Crotalaria sp.
Crotalaria sp. Linnaeus 1753 rattlepod
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora sp.
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Excoecaria sp., Euphorbia sp.
Excoecaria sp. Linnaeus 1759 spurge
Euphorbia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spurge
Dicotyledoneae
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparis sp.
Capparis sp. Linnaeus 1753 caper
 Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae
Sonneratia sp.
Sonneratia sp. Linnaeus
 Ericales - Balsaminaceae
Hydrocera sp.
Hydrocera sp. Blume 1834 balsam