Karanpura (Permian of India)

Also known as PGAP 13292

Where: India (23.8° N, 85.2° E: paleocoordinates 68.0° S, 61.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Karharbari Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.K. Maheshwari. 1991. Provincialism in Gondwana floras. In B.S. Venkatachala & H.P. Singh (ed.), The Palaeobotanist. Four decades of Indian Palaeobotany 40:101-127 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30147: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 113-4. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Cycadopsida
 Welwitschiales - Welwitschiaceae
Parasaccites
  -
Parasaccites korbaensis
  -
Parasaccites korbaensis2 Bharadwaj and Tiwari 1964
Potonieisporites
  -
Potonieisporites neglectus2 Potonié and Lele 1961
Stellapollenites
  -
Stellapollenites indicus2 Lele and Kulkarni 1969
Punctatisporites
  -
Punctatisporites sp.2 Potonié and Kremp 1954
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites oblongus2 Maithy 1965
Dictyopteridiopsida
  -
Gangamopteris cyclopteroides2 Feistmantel 1876
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris taeniensis n. sp.1 Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris karharbariensis n. sp. Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris nimishea1 Chandra and Surange 1979
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
  - Polypodiaceae
Pteridopsida
  -
Granulatisporites sp.2 Potonié and Kremp 1954
 Filicales -
Gondwanidium validum2 Feistmantel 1876
Trochosporites
  -
Plicatipollenites
  -
Plicatipollenites trigonalis
  -
Plicatipollenites indicus
  -
Parastriopollenites gondwanensis
  -
Parastriopollenites rajmahalensis
  -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus ovatus2 Maithy 1965 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Buriadia "sp. 1" Seward and Sahni 1920
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites "sp. 1" Unger 1850