Tinsukia (Quaternary of India)

Where: Assam, India (27.5° N, 95.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 95.4° 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: fluvial-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 228817: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
cf. Angiopteris sp. Hoffmann 1796
  - Polypodiaceae
cf. Lepisorus sp. Smith 1846
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
cf. Lygodium sp. Swartz 1800 climbing fern
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cibotium sp. Kaulfuss 1820 manfern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
cf. Pteridium sp. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
Microlepia sp. Presl 1836
Cheilanthes sp. Swartz 1806 lip fern
cf. Davallia sp. Smith 1793
Polystichum sp. Roth 1799
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
cf. Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Dicotyledoneae
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Ardisia sp. Swartz 1788 coralberry
 Ericales - Balsaminaceae
Impatiens sp. Linnaeus 1753 jewelweed
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos sp. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
Angiospermae
 Piperales - Piperaceae
Piperaceae indet. Giseke 1792 pepper
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Meliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mahogany
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
cf. Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Justicia sp. Linnaeus 1753 water-willow
Rungia sp. Nees von Esenbeck 1832 acanthus
cf. Rungia sp. Nees von Esenbeck 1832 acanthus
 Boraginales - Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 borage
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
cf. Stellaria sp. Linnaeus 1753 carnation
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799