Gopad River between Nidhpuri and Gotra (Triassic of India)

Also known as Gothara

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (24.1° N, 81.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 55.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• "younger than basal Panchet" (Chandra & Tiwari 1991)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; 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 229389: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Jambadostrobus pretiosus Chandra and Surange 1977
Glossopteris taeniensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris gopadensis n. sp. Banerji et al. 1976
Glossopteris bosei Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris cf. damudica Feistmantel 1879
Vertebraria sp. Royle 1839
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium sp. Gothan 1912
Sidhiphyllites flabellatus
  -
Sidhiphyllites flabellatus n. gen. n. sp. Srivastava 1984
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris cf. glandulata Srivastava 1971 cycads
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825