Banchapa, Rajmahal Hills: Late Jurassic, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bennettitales
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Cycadolepis indica leaf
Gupta 1954
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Ptilophyllum acutifolium leaf
Morris 1840
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Palaeozamia acutifolium leaf
Morris 1863
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Rajmahalia paradoxa leaf
Sahni and Rao 1934
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
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Nilssonia princeps leaf
(Oldham and Morris 1862)
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unclassified
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Taeniopteris ensis leaf
(Oldham 1863)
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= Morrisia rajmahalensis leaf
Feistmantel 1877
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Chandra and Tewari 1991 | ||||||
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Sphenopteridae
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Sphenopteris sp. leaf
Sternberg 1825
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Sphenopteris rajmahalensis leaf
Sahni and Rao 1934
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Dadoxylon rajmahalense n. sp. leaf
Sahni 1931
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Dadoxylon cf. rajmahalense leaf
Sahni 1931
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Polypodiopsida
- Marattiales
- Marattiaceae
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Marattiopsis macrocarpa leaf
(Oldham and Morris 1863)
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Polypodiopsida
- Osmundaceae
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Cladophlebis indica leaf
(Oldham and Morris 1862)
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Jharkhand |
| Coordinates: | 25.2° North, 87.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.9° South, 41.9° East | ||
| 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 - 145 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-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 224958 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Allen | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Created: | 2022-04-14 04:23:14 | Last modified: | 2022-04-14 04:23:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-04-14 04:23:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |