Sudda Metta, SE of Raghudevapuram (Jurassic of India)

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (17.2° N, 81.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 30.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gollapalle Formation, Jurassic (201.4 - 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 229271: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum expansum
Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus plana
Elatocladus plana Seward 1918 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
Dictyozamites sahnii, Dictyozamites falcatus, Ptilophyllum cf. amarjolense, Ptilophyllum tenerrimum, Ptilophyllum raghudevapurense n. sp., Ptilophyllum acutifolium, Ptilophyllum cf. sahnii, Ptilophyllum rarinervis, Ptilophyllum cf. horridum, "Ptilophyllum cf. distans" = Ptilophyllum distanse, Ptilophyllum cf. gladiatum, Ptilophyllum cf. institacallum, Ptilophyllum cf. jabalpurense
Dictyozamites sahnii Gupta and Sharma 1968
Ptilophyllum tenerrimum Feistmantel 1877
Ptilophyllum raghudevapurense n. sp. Mahabale and Satyanarayana 1979
Ptilophyllum cf. sahnii Gupta and Sharma 1968
Ptilophyllum rarinervis Feistmantel 1879
"Ptilophyllum cf. distans" = Ptilophyllum distanse Feistmantel 1877
Ptilophyllum cf. gladiatum Bose and Sukh-Dev 1958
Ptilophyllum cf. jabalpurense Jacob and Jacob 1954
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris spatulata, Bucklandia sp.
Taeniopteris spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
Bucklandia sp. Sternberg 1825 cycads