Nipania (Jurassic of India)

Also known as PGAP 321

Where: Rajasthan, India (24.7° N, 87.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 41.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S.C. Shah. 1972. Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous megaflora in India - a review. Records of the Geological Survey of India 109(2):55-81 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30133: 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.
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unclassified
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Solenosteopteris "sp. 1", Solenosteopteris "sp. 2", Nipanogruha "sp. 1", Nipanogruha "sp. 2", Nipanogruha "sp. 3", Protocyatha "sp. 1", Chomosporites indet.2, Zonaletes sp.2, Charophyta indet.2
Charophyta indet.2 Migula 1890
 Charales - Characeae
Nitellites "sp. 1", Nitellites sahnii n. gen. n. sp.2
Nitellites "sp. 1" Horn af Rantzien 1957
Nitellites sahnii n. gen. n. sp.2 Horn af Rantzien 1957
Laevigataletes
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Laevigataletes sp.2
Laevigataletes sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Masculostrobus
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Masculostrobus rajmahalensis n. sp.2
 Coniferales -
Podostrobus sp.1, "Masculostrobus podocarpoides n. sp." = Podostrobus rajmahalensis2, "Masculostrobus sahnii n. sp." = Podostrobus sahnii2, Nipanioruha lanceolata n. sp.2, Nipanioruha granthia n. gen. n. sp.2, Nipanioruha curvifolia n. sp.2, Indophyllum nipanica n. sp.2, Indophyllum raoi n. sp.2, Indophyllum sahnii n. gen. n. sp.2
Podostrobus sp.1 Rao and Bose 1971
"Masculostrobus podocarpoides n. sp." = Podostrobus rajmahalensis2 Rao 1943
"Masculostrobus sahnii n. sp." = Podostrobus sahnii2 Vishnu-Mittre 1956
Nipanioruha lanceolata n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Nipanioruha granthia n. gen. n. sp.2 Rao 1947
"megastrobilus"
Nipanioruha curvifolia n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Indophyllum nipanica n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Indophyllum raoi n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Indophyllum sahnii n. gen. n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1958
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus sp.2, Elatocladus conferta2, Elatocladus sahnii n. sp.2, Callialasporites trilobatus2, Podosporites tripakshi n. sp.2
Elatocladus sp.2 Halle 1913 podocarp
Elatocladus conferta2 Feistmantel 1877 podocarp
Elatocladus sahnii n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus2 Balme 1957 podocarp
previously identified as Crassizonomonoletes
Podosporites tripakshi n. sp.2 Rao 1943 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Mehtaia rajmahalensis n. gen. n. sp.2, Mehtaia nipaniensis n. sp.2, Mehtaia santalensis n. sp.2, Sitholeya rajmahalensis n. gen. n. sp.2, Nipaniostrobus aciculifolia n. sp.2, Nipaniostrobus sahnii n. gen. n. sp.2, Nipaniostrobus pagiophylloides n. sp.2
Mehtaia rajmahalensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1958
Mehtaia nipaniensis n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Mehtaia santalensis n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Sitholeya rajmahalensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1958
Nipaniostrobus aciculifolia n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Nipaniostrobus sahnii n. gen. n. sp.2 Rao 1943
Nipaniostrobus pagiophylloides n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Entylissa
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Entylissa sp.2
Entylissa sp.2 Naumova 1937
 Bennettitales -
"Carnoconites laxum" = Williamsonia kakadbhitensis2, Williamsonia cf. sewardiana2, "Dictyozamites indica" = Dictyozamites indicus2, Dictyozamites hallei2, "Zamites proximus" = Pterophyllum footeanum2, Ptilophyllum sp.2, Ptilophyllum nipanica n. sp.2, Ptilophyllum cf. cutchense2
"Carnoconites laxum" = Williamsonia kakadbhitensis2 Bose and Banerji 1984
"Dictyozamites indica" = Dictyozamites indicus2 Feistmantel 1876
Dictyozamites hallei2 Sahni and Rao 1933
"Zamites proximus" = Pterophyllum footeanum2 Feistmantel 1879
Ptilophyllum sp.2 Morris 1840
Ptilophyllum nipanica n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1957
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pityosporites sp.2, Pityosporites nipanica n. sp.2
Pityosporites sp.2 Seward 1914
Pityosporites nipanica n. sp.2 Rao 1942
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
Tinpaharia sinuosa2
Tinpaharia sinuosa2 Jacob 1943
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Hausmannia indica n. sp." = Hausmannia crenata2
"Hausmannia indica n. sp." = Hausmannia crenata2 Nathorst 1878
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
"Equisetites rajmahalensis" = Equisetum rajmahalense2
"Equisetites rajmahalensis" = Equisetum rajmahalense2 Oldham and Morris 1863 horsetail
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp.2
Laevigatosporites sp.2 Ibrahim 1933
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Cladophlebis "sp. 1", Cladophlebis sahnii n. sp.2
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis sahnii n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Solenostelopteris nipanica n. sp.2, Solenostelopteris sahnii n. sp.2, Dictyostelopteris fasciosteleoides n. sp.2, Dictyostelopteris rajmahalense n. sp.2, Dictyostelopteris jacobii n. sp.2
Solenostelopteris nipanica n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Solenostelopteris sahnii n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Dictyostelopteris fasciosteleoides n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Dictyostelopteris rajmahalense n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Dictyostelopteris jacobii n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Sporojuglandoidites jurassicus
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Sporojuglandoidites jurassicus n. gen. n. sp.2
Sporojuglandoidites jurassicus n. gen. n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1956
Setosisporites
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Setosisporites sp.2
Periplecosporites
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Periplecosporites sp.2
Dictyotriletes
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Dictyotriletes sp.2
Dictyotriletes sp.2 Naumova 1950
Tetrasaccus
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Tetrasaccus sp.2
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucaria "sp. 1", Pagiophyllum "sp. 1", Pagiophyllum araucaroides n. sp.2, Brachyphyllum "sp. 1", Brachyphyllum "sp. 2", Brachyphyllum "sp. 3", Brachyphyllum florinii n. sp.2, Araucarites nipaniensis n. sp.2, Araucarites mittrii1
Araucaria "sp. 1" de Jussieu 1789
Pagiophyllum araucaroides n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Brachyphyllum "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Brachyphyllum "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828
Brachyphyllum florinii n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Araucarites nipaniensis n. sp.2 Singh 1957
Araucarites mittrii1 Bohra and Sharma 1980
Tuberculatisporites
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Tuberculatisporites sp.2
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Bucklandia sp.2, "cf. Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia2, Taeniopteris spatulata2
Bucklandia sp.2 Sternberg 1825 cycads
"cf. Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia2 Brongniart 1825 cycads
Taeniopteris spatulata2 McClelland 1850 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Pentoxylales -
Pentoxylon sahnii2, Carnoconites rajmahalensis1, Carnoconites compactum2, Nipaniophyllum raoi n. gen. n. sp.2, Sahnia nipaniensis n. gen. n. sp.2, "Nipanioxylon guptae n. gen. n. sp." = Nipanioxylon guptai2
Pentoxylon sahnii2 Srivastava 1944
Carnoconites compactum2 Srivastava 1944
Nipaniophyllum raoi n. gen. n. sp.2 Sahni 1948
Sahnia nipaniensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1953
"Nipanioxylon guptae n. gen. n. sp." = Nipanioxylon guptai2 Srivastava 1944
Camptosporites
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Camptosporites sp.2
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp.2
Sphenopteris sp.2 Sternberg 1825
Laevigatimonoletes
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Laevigatimonoletes sp.2
Laevigatimonoletes sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Azonomonoletes
 Azonomonoletes -
Azonomonoletes indet.2
Alisporites
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Alisporites auriculiformis n. sp.2, Alisporites jurassicus n. sp.2
Alisporites auriculiformis n. sp.2 Rao 1943
Alisporites jurassicus n. sp.2 Rao 1943
Liratosporites
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Liratosporites sp.2
Liratosporites sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre
Dictyoaletes
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Dictyoaletes sp.2
Dictyoaletes sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites sp.2, Reticulatisporites sp.2
Lycopodiumsporites sp.2 Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
Reticulatisporites sp.2 Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales -
Lycoxylon "sp. 1", Lycoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.2
Lycoxylon "sp. 1" Srivastava 1946 clubmoss
Lycoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.2 Srivastava 1946 clubmoss
Lophosporites
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Lophosporites sp.2
Lophosporites sp.2 Vishnu-Mittre 1955
1Chandra and Tewari 1991; 2Lakhanpal et al. 1976