Fukche, Indus Valley (Jurassic to of India)

Where: Ladakh, India (32.9° N, 79.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 76.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fukche Member, Middle Jurassic to Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Chandra and R. Tewari. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 2: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Megafossils. 1-81 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 229179: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 20.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cycadophyta indet. Bessey 1907
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Cycadites wadianus n. sp. Bose et al. 1983 cycads
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides sp. Heer 1876 yew
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
Ptilophyllum sp. Morris 1840
Anomozamites cf. minor Nathorst 1878
 Coniferales -
Desmiophyllum sp. Lesquereux 1878
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Acrostichopteris sp. Fontaine 1889
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Raphaelia diamensis Seward 1911