Laika (Quaternary of India)

Also known as Laikajan, Laikjan

Where: Assam, India (27.6° N, 95.2° E: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 95.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Late Quaternary" (Chauhan 1991)

• 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 228815: 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
cf. Pinus sp., Tsuga sp.
cf. Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
cf. Typha latifolia
cf. Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet., cf. Aletris sp.
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
cf. Aletris sp. Linnaeus 1753 colicroot
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet.
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet.
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
cf. Stellaria sp.
cf. Stellaria sp. Linnaeus 1753 carnation
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae indet.
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Balsaminaceae
Impatiens sp.
Impatiens sp. Linnaeus 1753 jewelweed
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Ardisia sp.
Ardisia sp. Swartz 1788 coralberry
Angiospermae
 Piperales - Piperaceae
Piperaceae indet.
Piperaceae indet. Giseke 1792 pepper
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp.
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp., Pterocarya sp.
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Meliaceae indet.
Meliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mahogany
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
cf. Lepisorus sp.
cf. Lepisorus sp. Smith 1846
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
cf. Angiopteris sp.
cf. Angiopteris sp. Hoffmann 1796
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cibotium sp.
Cibotium sp. Kaulfuss 1820 manfern
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
cf. Lygodium sp.
cf. Lygodium sp. Swartz 1800 climbing fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
cf. Pteris stenophylla, cf. Cyclosorus sp., cf. Polystichum sp., cf. Athyrium sp., cf. Davallia sp., cf. Microlepia sp.
cf. Cyclosorus sp. Link 1833
cf. Athyrium sp. Roth 1800
cf. Davallia sp. Smith 1793
cf. Microlepia sp. Presl 1836