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
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Polypodiopsida | |
cf. Angiopteris sp. Hoffmann 1796 | |
cf. Lepisorus sp. Smith 1846 | |
cf. Lygodium sp. Swartz 1800 climbing fern | |
Cibotium sp. Kaulfuss 1820 manfern | |
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 | |
cf. Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ardisia sp. Swartz 1788 coralberry | |
Impatiens sp. Linnaeus 1753 jewelweed | |
Symplocos sp. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
Piperaceae indet. Giseke 1792 pepper | |
Meliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mahogany | |
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory | |
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder | |
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow | |
Cucurbitaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
cf. Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Justicia sp. Linnaeus 1753 water-willow
Rungia sp. Nees von Esenbeck 1832 acanthus
cf. Rungia sp. Nees von Esenbeck 1832 acanthus | |
Boraginaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 borage | |
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed | |
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
cf. Stellaria sp. Linnaeus 1753 carnation | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 |