Lunkaransar Salt Lake (Quaternary of India)

Where: Rajasthan, India (28.5° N, 73.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 73.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Late Quaternary" (Chauhan 1991)

• 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 228812: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Angiospermae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha angustata
Typha angustata Bory de Saint-Vincent and Chaubard 1832 bulrush
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet., Cerealia indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Boraginales - Boraginaceae
Heliotropium sp.
Heliotropium sp. Linnaeus 1753 heliotrope
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Wrightia sp.
Wrightia sp. Brown 1810 dogbane
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Oldenlandia sp.
Oldenlandia sp. Linnaeus 1753 coffee
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Artemisia sp., Dicoma sp., "Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy
Dicoma sp. de Cassini 1817 daisy
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet.
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Calligonum sp., Polygonum plebeium
Calligonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Tamaricaceae
Tamarix sp.
Tamarix sp. Linnaeus 1753 tamarisk
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia sp.
Boerhavia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spiderling
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Aerva sp.
Aerva sp. Forsskål 1775
Dicotyledoneae
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparis sp.
Capparis sp. Linnaeus 1753 caper
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Syzygium sp.
Syzygium sp. Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia sp.
Euphorbia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spurge
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Maytenus sp.
Maytenus sp. Molina 1782 bittersweet
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae, Indigofera sp.
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
Indigofera sp. Linnaeus 1753 legume
 Zygophyllales - Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia cretica
Fagonia cretica Linnaeus 1753 fagonbush
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Holoptelea sp.
Holoptelea sp. Planchon elm
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Prosopis cineraria
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa Linnaeus 1753 hemp
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Ziziphus sp.
Ziziphus sp. Miller 1758 buckthorn
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Grewia sp.
Grewia sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Sterculia sp.
Sterculia sp. Linnaeus 1753 tropical chestnut
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
"Salmalia sp." = Bombax
"Salmalia sp." = Bombax Linnaeus 1753 cotton tree
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Dodonaea sp.
Dodonaea sp. Miller 1758 soapberry
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Azadirachta indica
Azadirachta indica de Jussieu 1832 neem tree
unclassified
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Bryophyta indet.
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp.
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir