Also known as Chawad River Section near Dhamae-Charkhada Road crossing (Dhamae-Chawad)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.5° N, 69.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° S, 34.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bhuj Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,

• Each megaspore was first photographed in dry state under reflected light and its characters were noted. After photographing in dry state, the megaspore was transferred to a covered petridish and was oxidised with nitric acid, sometimes using potassium chlorate. The oxidised material was digested with potassium hydroxide and cleaned with water. Observations were made at frequent intervals during this progressive maceration and photographs were taken, as and when felt necessary, by transmitted light.

Primary reference: J. Banerji, B. N. Jana, and H. K. Maheshwari. 1984. The Fossil Floras of Kachchh. II - Mesozoic Megaspores. The Palaeobotanist 33:190-227 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32386: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 27.06.2003, edited by Bethany Allen

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