Pali Birsinghpur (Permian of India)

Also known as PGAP 13297

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.3° N, 81.0° E: paleocoordinates 65.5° S, 53.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 30149: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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.
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unclassified
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Pantophyllum "sp. 1", Pantophyllum "sp. 2", Pantophyllum "sp. 3", Pantophyllum "sp. 4", Pantophyllum "sp. 5"
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca "sp. 1"
Phyllotheca "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Capsulites
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Capsulites "sp. 1"
Capsulites "sp. 1" Saksena 1958
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites "sp. 1"
Cordaites "sp. 1" Unger 1850
Bulbospermum surangei
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Bulbospermum surangei n. gen. n. sp.
Bulbospermum surangei n. gen. n. sp. Pant et al. 1985
Otofeistia
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Otofeistia "sp. 1"
Otofeistia "sp. 1" Pant et al. 1985
Retortistoma crystallina
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Retortistoma crystallina n. gen. n. sp.
Retortistoma crystallina n. gen. n. sp. Pant et al. 1985
Collospermum ovalis
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Collospermum ovalis n. gen. n. sp.1
Collospermum ovalis n. gen. n. sp.1 Pant et al. 1985
Palispermum ovalis
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Palispermum ovalis n. gen. n. sp.
Palispermum ovalis n. gen. n. sp. Pant et al. 1985
 Coniferales -
Squama "sp. 1"
Squama "sp. 1" Renault 1885
Maheshwariella
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Maheshwariella "sp. 1"
Maheshwariella "sp. 1" Pant and Nautiyal 1963
Palaeocarpus birsinghpurensis
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Palaeocarpus birsinghpurensis n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeocarpus birsinghpurensis n. gen. n. sp. Pant et al. 1985
Shivacarpus
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Shivacarpus "sp. 1"
Shivacarpus "sp. 1" Pant et al. 1985
Shivacarpus latus
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Shivacarpus latus n. sp.
Shivacarpus latus n. sp. Pant et al. 1985
Alatocarpus
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Alatocarpus "sp. 1"
Samaropsis johillensis
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"Samaropsis johillensis n. sp." = Alatocarpus johillensis2
"Samaropsis johillensis n. sp." = Alatocarpus johillensis2 Saksena 1955
Birsinghpuria indica
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Birsinghpuria indica n. gen. n. sp.
Birsinghpuria indica n. gen. n. sp. Pant et al. 1985
Dictyopteridiopsida
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Gangamopteris "sp. 1", Gangamopteris "sp. 2", Gangamopteris "sp. 3", Gangamopteris "sp. 4", Gangamopteris "sp. 5", Gangamopteris "sp. 6", Gangamopteris cf. cyclopteroides2
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1", Glossopteris "sp. 2", Glossopteris "sp. 3", Glossopteris "sp. 4", Glossopteris "sp. 5"
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 4" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 5" Brongniart 1828
 Cordaitales -
Cheirophyllum "sp. 1", Arberia "sp. 1", Arberia surangei n. sp.1
Cheirophyllum "sp. 1" Pant and Singh 1978
Arberia "sp. 1" White 1908
Arberia surangei n. sp.1 Chandra and Srivastava 1981
1Chandra and Tewari 1991; 2Lakhanpal et al. 1976