Golapilli (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Kolapilli, Gollapalli

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (16.7° N, 80.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 28.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• "Rajmahal 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 224645: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 25.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
"Palissya indica" = Pachypteris indica
"Palissya indica" = Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
"Cheirolepis cf. muensteri" = Hirmeriella muensteri Schenk 1867
Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
? Araucarites sp. Presl 1833
Araucarites fibrosa Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
Morrisia rajmahalensis
  -
Morrisia rajmahalensis Feistmantel 1877
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris spatulata, "Angiopteridium ensis" = Taeniopteris ensis
Taeniopteris spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
"Angiopteridium ensis" = Taeniopteris ensis Oldham 1863 cycads
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
"Pterophyllum braunianum" = Ctenophyllum braunianum
"Pterophyllum braunianum" = Ctenophyllum braunianum Göppert 1844 cycads
 Bennettitales -
Williamsonia indica n. sp. Seward 1917
previously identified as 'Williamsonia cf. gigas'
Pterophyllum kingianum n. sp. Feistmantel 1877
Pterophyllum kingianum Feistmantel 1877
Dictyozamites feistmantelii Bose and Zeba-Bano 1978
 Coniferales -
Echinostrobus sp. Schimper 1870
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
"Palissya conferta" = Elatocladus conferta
"Palissya conferta" = Elatocladus conferta Feistmantel 1877 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya oldhamii Feistmantel 1876 yew
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
"Alethopteris indica" = Todites indicus
"Alethopteris indica" = Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
"Pecopteris macrocarpa" = Marattiopsis macrocarpa
"Pecopteris macrocarpa" = Marattiopsis macrocarpa Oldham and Morris 1863
  - Gleicheniaceae
"Gleichenites bindrabunensis" = Gleichenia gleichenoides
"Gleichenites bindrabunensis" = Gleichenia gleichenoides Oldham and Morris 1863