Ghuneri, Kutch (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Gooneri, Goonaree

Where: Gujarat, India (23.8° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Umia Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224620: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Saccarisporites lurzeri
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Crassimonoletes minor
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Crassimonoletes minor n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Crassimonoletes surangei
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Crassimonoletes surangei n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Marchantiopsida
 Sphaerocarpales -
Aequitriradites triangulatus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Aequitriradites fusus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podosporites raoi n. sp. Singh et al. 1964 podocarp
Podocarpidites major Couper 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Callialasporites rimalis n. sp. Singh et al. 1964 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Platysaccus sp. Naumova 1954 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
Ptilophyllum oldhamii n. sp. Jacob and Jacob 1954
Ptilophyllum indicum n. sp. Jacob and Jacob 1954
Bacutriletes
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Bacutriletes dijkstrae n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Bacutriletes cutchensis n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Trileites
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Trileites sp. Marcinkiewicz 1971
Pteridopsida
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Monolites intragranulosus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites cutchensis n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites ghuneriensis n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites grandis n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites pseudopunctatus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Osmundacidites indicus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Actinopteris
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Actinopteris sp. Schenk 1865
Actinopteris peltata
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Actinopteris peltata Goeppert 1865
Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Alsophilidites densus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964 scaly tree fern
Leschikisporis
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Leschikisporis indicus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Gymnospermopsida
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Laricoidites indicus n. sp. Singh et al. 1964
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis torosus, "Araucariacites australis" = Araucariacites australis, "Araucariacites ghuneriensis n. sp." = Araucariacites australis
"Araucariacites australis" = Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
"Araucariacites ghuneriensis n. sp." = Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales - Isoetaceae
Isoetites serratifolius n. sp. Bose and Roy 1964 clubmoss
Schizosporis rugulatus
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Schizosporis rugulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959