Nidhpuri (Triassic of India)

Also known as PGAP 2286

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: Nidhpuri Formation, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M.N. Bose, E. L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 1990. Gondwana Floras of India and Antarctica - a Survey and Reappraisal. In T.N. Taylor & E.L. Taylor (ed.), Antarctic Paleobiology, Its Role in the Reconstruction of Gondwana 118-148 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30132: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003, edited by Bethany Allen and Mark Uhen

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.
Striatites
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Striatites sidhiensis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Striatites solitus2 Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Granulostriatites nidhpurensis
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Granulostriatites nidhpurensis n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Granulostriatites surangei
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Granulostriatites surangei n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp.2 Ibrahim 1933
Hepaticae
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Hepaticites riccardioides n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1981 liverwort
Hepaticites foliata n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1981 liverwort
Hepaticites nidpurensis n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1978 liverwort
Hepaticites metzgerioides1 Walton 1925 liverwort
Gopadstriatites concavus
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Gopadstriatites concavus n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Gopadstriatites obliquus
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Gopadstriatites obliquus n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Chordasporites
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Chordasporites sp.2 Klaus 1960
Lunatisporites
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Lunatisporites gopadensis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Distriomonosaccites rotatus
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Algae
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Algacites oogonifera n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1981
Equitatilepis elongatus
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Equitatilepis elongatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Equitatilepis elongatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1977
Taeniaesporites
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Praecolpatites
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Praecolpatites nidpurensis
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Praecolpatites nidpurensis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Verticipollenites
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Verticipollenites crassus2 Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Verticipollenites gibbosus
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Verticipollenites
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Verticipollenites finitimus2 Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Sulcatisporites
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Sulcatisporites royii n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Sulcatisporites interpositus
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Sulcatisporites
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Sulcatisporites triassicus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Acanthotriletes ciliatus
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Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
 Pteridospermales -
Marhwaseaphyllum hastatum n. gen. n. sp.1, Bosea indica n. gen. n. sp.1
Marhwaseaphyllum hastatum n. gen. n. sp.1 Srivastava 1984 cycads
Bosea indica n. gen. n. sp.1 Srivastava 1975 cycads
Cycadopites
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Satsangia campanulata
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Satsangia campanulata n. gen. n. sp.
Satsangia campanulata n. gen. n. sp. Srivastava and Maheshwari 1973
Weylandites
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Weylandites sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Weylandites indicus
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Weylandites indicus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Weylandites circularis
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Weylandites circularis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Weylandites bilateralis
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Weylandites bilateralis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Weylandites irregularis
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Weylandites irregularis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Weylandites minutus
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Weylandites minutus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Ginkgoretectina
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Ginkgoretectina ovalis n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Aumancisporites
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Aumancisporites indicus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Densipollenites indicus
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Densipollenites indicus2 Bharadwaj 1962
Densipollenites
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Densipollenites invisus2 Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Densipollenites densus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Trabeculosporites gopadensis
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Trabeculosporites gopadensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Glottolepis
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Glottolepis ovata n. sp.1 Srivastava 1977
Glottolepis glabrosa n. sp.1 Srivastava 1977
Glottolepis tuberculata n. sp.1 Srivastava 1977
Glottolepis sidhiensis n. sp.1 Srivastava 1977
Gopadia papillata
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Gopadia papillata n. sp.1 Srivastava 1976
Gopadia coriacea
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Gopadia coriacea n. sp.1 Srivastava 1976
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites sp.2 PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954
Distriatites
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Distriatites sp.2 Bharadwaj 1962
Faunipollenites
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Faunipollenites gopadensis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Faunipollenites varius
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Faunipollenites varius2 Bharadwaj 1962
Faunipollenites
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Faunipollenites bharadwajii2 Maheshwari 1967
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites sp.1 Sternberg 1823
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris senii n. sp.2 Srivastava 1969
Glossopteris papillosa n. sp.2 Srivastava 1969
Glossopteris nilssonioides n. sp.3 Pant and Pant 1987
Glossopteris taeniopteroides1 Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris taeniensis1 Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris sidhiensis n. sp.3 Pant and Pant 1987
Glossopteris stricta1 Bunbury 1861
"Glossopteris nidpurensis n. sp." = Glossopteris musaefolia1 Bunbury 1861
Glossopteris tenuinervis1 Pant and Gupta 1971
Dictyopteridiopsida
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris indica n. sp.1 Bose and Srivastava 1972
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Nidistrobus harrisiana n. gen. n. sp., Nidia ovalis n. gen. n. sp.
Nidistrobus harrisiana n. gen. n. sp. Bose and Srivastava 1973
Nidia ovalis n. gen. n. sp. Bose and Srivastava 1973
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium gopadensis n. sp. Bose and Srivastava 1971
Dicroidium papillosum n. sp.1 Bose and Srivastava 1971
Dicroidium nidpurensis n. sp. Bose and Srivastava 1971
Pteruchus gopadensis n. sp. Pant and Basu 1979
Pteruchus nidpurensis n. sp.1 Srivastava 1975
Pteruchus indicus n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1973
Pteruchus thomasii n. sp.1 Pant and Basu 1979
Rotundaspermum mucronatum
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Rotundaspermum mucronatum n. gen. n. sp.1
Rotundaspermum mucronatum n. gen. n. sp.1 Manik 1987
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus sp.2 Naumova 1954 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pityosporites sp.2 Seward 1914
Pinuspollenites sp.2 Raatz 1938
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Striatopodocarpites nidpurensis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969 yew
Klausipollenites staplinii
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Ginkgocycadophytus
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Satsangisaccites triassicus
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Satsangisaccites triassicus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Satsangisaccites nidpurensis
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Satsangisaccites nidpurensis n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Trochosporites
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Lattisosporites superbus
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Lattisosporites superbus n. gen. n. sp.2
Lattisosporites superbus n. gen. n. sp.2 Trivedi and Misra 1970
Lophotriletes
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Lophotriletes pseudogranus2 Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Alisporites
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Alisporites sp.2 Daugherty 1941
Alisporites indicus n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
Striomonosaccites ovatus
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Striomonosaccites ovatus2 Bharadwaj 1962
Nidipollenites monoletus
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Nidipollenites monoletus n. gen. n. sp.2
Nidipollenites monoletus n. gen. n. sp.2 Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969