Mohgaon-Kalan (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Mohgaonkalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India; Deccan Intertrappean Series of India

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (22.0° N, 79.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 62.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Intertrappean deposits

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; black, brown chert

• Some sporocarps are preserved in brown chert, others in black chert.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Investigation of Rodeites Sahni from nearly 100 specimens collected from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.

Primary reference: S. D. Chitaley and S. A. Paradkar. 1972. Rodeites Sahni reinvestigated-I. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 65:109-117 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33636: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 04.08.2003, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Rodeites dakshini Sahni 1943
var. intertrappeana and polycarpa
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Enigmocarpon parijai n. sp. Sahni and Rode 1937
Angiospermae
 Pandanales - Cyclanthaceae
"Palmoxylon sahnii n. sp." = Cyclanthodendron sahnii
"Palmoxylon sahnii n. sp." = Cyclanthodendron sahnii Rode 1933
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Palmocarpon compressum" = Palmocarpon compressus Rode 1933 palm
"Nipa hindi" = Nypa fruticans Wumb 1781 palm
Palmoxylon kamalam Rode 1933 palm
Tricoccites trigonum Rode 1933 palm