Dhavada Mota (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Dauda Mota

Where: Gujarat, India (23.3° N, 69.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 32.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bhuj 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 229216: 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
Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel 1876
Araucarites minutus Bose and Maheshwari 1973
 Bennettitales -
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris cf. spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
Taeniopteris kutchensis Bose and Banerji 1981 cycads
Ctenozamites kachchhensis Bose and Banerji 1984 cycads
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis daradensis Bose and Banerji 1984