Golapilli: Late Jurassic, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya oldhamii leaf Feistmantel 1876
Coniferales
Echinostrobus sp. leaf Schimper 1870
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Palissya conferta leaf Feistmantel 1877
Bennettitales
Ptilophyllum cutchense leaf Morris 1840
Ptilophyllum acutifolium leaf Morris 1840
Dictyozamites indica leaf Feistmantel 1876
    = Dictyozamites feistmantelii leaf Bose and Zeba-Bano 1978
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Pterophyllum distans leaf Morris 1863
    = Pterophyllum kingianum leaf Feistmantel 1877
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Pterophyllum carterianum leaf Oldham 1863
    = Pterophyllum kingianum leaf Feistmantel 1877
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Pterophyllum kingianum n. sp. leaf Feistmantel 1877
Pterophyllum morrisianum leaf Oldham 1863
    = Pterophyllum kingianum leaf Feistmantel 1877
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Williamsonia indica n. sp. leaf Seward 1917
previously identified as 'Williamsonia cf. gigas'
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Palissya indica leaf (Oldham and Morris 1863)
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Brachyphyllum expansum leaf (Sternberg 1876)
? Araucarites sp. leaf Presl 1833
Araucarites macropterus leaf Feistmantel 1877
    = Araucarites fibrosa leaf Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Cheirolepis cf. muensteri leaf (Schenk 1867)
unclassified
Morrisia rajmahalensis leaf (Feistmantel 1877)
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Taeniopteris spatulata leaf McClelland 1850
Angiopteridium ensis leaf (Oldham 1863)
Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Pterophyllum braunianum leaf Göppert 1844
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites bindrabunensis leaf Schimper 1876
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Alethopteris indica leaf (Oldham and Morris 1862)
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiaceae
Pecopteris macrocarpa leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Pteropsida
Alethopteris whitbyensis leaf Göppert 1876
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 16.7° North, 80.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° South, 44.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5-6
Key time interval: Late Jurassic
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 143.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Rajmahal Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kolapilli, Gollapalli
Database number:224645
Authorizer:B. Allen Enterer:B. Allen
Created:2022-03-25 06:38:15 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2022-03-25 06:38:15
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
80975. R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]

Secondary references:

83865 S. Chandra and R. Tewari. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 2: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Megafossils. 1-81 [B. Allen/B. Allen]