Parsora, Shahdol (Triassic of India)

Also known as Parsaura

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.4° N, 81.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° S, 41.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 224692: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
? Glossopteris browniana Brongniart 1828
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites parsorensis n. sp. Lele 1955
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris ? spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia odontopteroides, "Danaeopsis hughesi n. sp." = Thinnfeldia hughesi
Thinnfeldia odontopteroides Morris 1845 cycads
"Danaeopsis hughesi n. sp." = Thinnfeldia hughesi Feistmantel 1882 cycads
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sahnii n. sp. Lele 1956
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis srivastavae n. sp. Lele 1955
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
"Alethopteris indica" = Todites indicus
"Alethopteris indica" = Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Neocalamites foxii n. sp. Lele 1955
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Parsorophyllum indicum n. gen. n. sp.
Parsorophyllum indicum n. gen. n. sp. Lele 1969