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 (163.5 - 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

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Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
"Pecopteris macrocarpa" = Marattiopsis macrocarpa
"Pecopteris macrocarpa" = Marattiopsis macrocarpa Oldham and Morris 1863
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
"Gleichenites bindrabunensis" = Gleichenia gleichenoides
"Gleichenites bindrabunensis" = Gleichenia gleichenoides Oldham and Morris 1863
 Osmundales - Polypodiidae
"Alethopteris indica" = Todites indicus
"Alethopteris indica" = Todites indicus Oldham and Morris 1862
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Alethopteris whitbyensis
 Coniferales - Cheirolepidiaceae
"Cheirolepis cf. muensteri" = Hirmeriella muensteri
"Cheirolepis cf. muensteri" = Hirmeriella muensteri Schenk 1867
 Coniferales -
Echinostrobus sp.
Echinostrobus sp. Schimper 1870
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
"Palissya conferta" = Elatocladus conferta
"Palissya conferta" = Elatocladus conferta Feistmantel 1877 podocarp
Morrisia rajmahalensis
  -
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
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Araucariaceae
? Araucarites sp., Araucarites fibrosa, Brachyphyllum expansum
? Araucarites sp. Presl 1833
Araucarites fibrosa Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Palissya oldhamii
Palissya oldhamii Feistmantel 1876 yew
 Bennettitales -
Williamsonia indica n. sp., Dictyozamites feistmantelii, Ptilophyllum acutifolium, Ptilophyllum cutchense, Pterophyllum kingianum n. sp., Pterophyllum kingianum
Williamsonia indica n. sp. Seward 1917
previously identified as 'Williamsonia cf. gigas'
Dictyozamites feistmantelii Bose and Zeba-Bano 1978
Pterophyllum kingianum n. sp. Feistmantel 1877
Pterophyllum kingianum Feistmantel 1877
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
"Palissya indica" = Pachypteris indica
"Palissya indica" = Pachypteris indica Oldham and Morris 1863