Lopchu (Holocene of India)

Where: Sikkim, India (27.1° N, 88.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 88.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 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 228818: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.01.2023

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Polypodioides amoena, cf. Polypodioides sp.
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Microsorum membranaceum, cf. Microsorum normale, Arthromeris wallichiana, cf. Arthromeris himalayense, cf. Arthromeris tenuicauda, Phymatopteris griffithiana, Pleopeltis sp.
Pleopeltis sp. von Humboldt and Bonpland 1810
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Pronephrium nudatum
 Hymenophyllales - Polypodiidae
cf. Mecodium exsertum
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Alsophila sp., cf. Alsophila andersonii, Alsophila spinulosa
Alsophila sp. Brown 1810 scaly tree fern
cf. Alsophila andersonii Scott 1866 scaly tree fern
Alsophila spinulosa Wallich 1828 scaly tree fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
cf. Pteris wallichiana, Pteris sp., cf. Pteris mertensioides, Athyrium puncticaule, Nephrolepis auriculata, Diplazium lasiopteris, Diplazium sp.
Pteris sp. Linnaeus 1753
cf. Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
Diplazium lasiopteris twinsorus fern
Diplazium sp. Swartz 1800 twinsorus fern
  - Blechnaceae
cf. Stenochlaena palustris, Blechnum sp.
Blechnum sp. Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella sp.
Selaginella sp. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium clavatum
Lycopodium clavatum Linnaeus 1753 ground pine