Parsapani (Jurassic of India)

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (22.6° N, 78.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 34.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jabalpur Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 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 229213: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 22.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum marwarensis Bose and Sukh-Dev 1972
Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel 1876
 Coniferales -
"Araucaria indica" = Harrisiophyllum indicum
"Araucaria indica" = Harrisiophyllum indicum Sahni 1928
 Bennettitales -
Dictyozamites indicus Feistmantel 1876
Dictyozamites feistmantelii Bose and Zeba-Bano 1978
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites sp. Göppert 1836