Jaisalmer (Jurassic of India)

Also known as PGAP 319

Where: Rajasthan, India (27.3° N, 70.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 37.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pariwar Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.K. Maheshwari and N.P. Singh. 1974. On some plant fossils from the Pariwar Formation, Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan. The Palaeobotanist 23:116-123 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30130: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites "sp. 1" Göppert 1836
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Phlebopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1836
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Pterophyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1" Morris 1840
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 2" Halle 1913 podocarp
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Taeniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Taeniopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae