Dalmiapuram (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Tamil Nadu, India (11.0° N, 78.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 24.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: 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 224609: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

 Life -
Baltisphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1958 acritarchs
Hymenozonotriletes
  -
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites sp., "Triangulopsis trilobatus" = Tsugaepollenites trilobatus
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
"Triangulopsis trilobatus" = Tsugaepollenites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958
Acanthotriletes
  -
Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Converrucosisporites
  -
Converrucosisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Contignisporites dettmannii Singh and Kumar 1966
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  -
Verrucosisporites sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
  - Dicksoniaceae
Cyatheacidites sp., "Triletes tuberculiformis" = Trilites tuberculiformis
Cyatheacidites sp. Potonié 1956
"Triletes tuberculiformis" = Trilites tuberculiformis Cookson 1947
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Lycopsida
  -
Taurocusporites
  -
Taurocusporites sp. Stover 1962
Dinoflagellata
 Hystrichosphaeridea -
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales -
Chlamydophorella sp. Cookson and Eisenack 1958
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966
Gonyaulacysta sp. Deflandre 1964
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Cyclonephelium distinctum Deflandre and Cookson 1955
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Hystrichosphaeridium sp. Deflandre 1936
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
"Palaeoperidinium sp." = Astrocysta
"Palaeoperidinium sp." = Astrocysta Davey 1970