Kota (Jurassic to of India)

Also known as PGAP 478

Where: Maharashtra, India (18.9° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 30.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Jurassic to Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Rajanikanth and Sukh-Dev. 1989. The Kota Formation: fossil flora and stratigraphy. Geophytology 19(1):52-64 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30131: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 2" Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus "sp. 3" Halle 1913 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Hausmannia "sp. 1" Dunker 1846
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Coniopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
Taxoxylon
  -
Taxoxylon sp. Houlbert 1910