Kota: Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf Heer 1881
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 2 leaf Heer 1881
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 3 leaf Heer 1881
Pagiophyllum informal sp. 4 leaf Heer 1881
Araucarites informal sp. 1 Presl 1833
Araucarites informal sp. 2 Presl 1833
Brachyphyllum informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1828
Araucarioxylon sp. wood Kraus 1870
Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris informal sp. 1 leaf Sternberg 1825
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 2 leaf Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis informal sp. 3 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Coniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf Brongniart 1849
Coniopteris informal sp. 2 leaf Brongniart 1849
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae
Hausmannia informal sp. 1 leaf Dunker 1846
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetites informal sp. 1 axis Sternberg 1833
unclassified
Taxoxylon sp. wood Houlbert 1910
Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus informal sp. 1 leaf Halle 1913
Elatocladus informal sp. 2 leaf Halle 1913
Elatocladus informal sp. 3 leaf Halle 1913
Bennettitales
Otozamites informal sp. 1 leaf Braun 1843
Ptilophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf Morris 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Maharashtra
Coordinates: 18.9° North, 80.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° South, 30.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic
*Period:Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic
Age range of interval:174.10000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Metadata
Also known as:PGAP 478
Database number:30131
Authorizer:A. Rees, B. Allen Enterer:A. Rees, B. Allen
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:51 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:05:03
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8104.PGAP 52A. Rajanikanth and Sukh-Dev. 1989. The Kota Formation: fossil flora and stratigraphy. Geophytology 19(1):52-64 [A. Rees/A. Rees]

Secondary references:

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