Kolara (Holocene of India)

Where: West Bengal, India (22.6° N, 88.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 88.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-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 228796: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha angustata Bory de Saint-Vincent and Chaubard 1832 bulrush
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Phoenix paludosa Roxburgh 1832 palm
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Acanthus sp. Linnaeus 1753 acanthus
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Loranthus sp. Linnaeus 1753 mistletoe
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Suaeda sp. Forsskål 1776 seepweed
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
 Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae
Sonneratia sp. Linnaeus
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Ceriops sp. Arnott 1838 mangrove
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove
Bruguiera sp. Savigny 1798 mangrove
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Holoptelea sp. Planchon elm
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Malvaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mallow
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
 Arales - Lemnaceae
Lemna sp. Linnaeus 1753 duckweed
Acrostichum aureum
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Acrostichum aureum Linnaeus 1753