Kathsu Hill (Carboniferous of India)

Also known as Kotsu

Where: Jammu & Kashmir, India (33.9° N, 75.2° E: paleocoordinates 55.8° S, 68.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gund Formation, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• "Late Carboniferous" (Chandra & Tewari 1991)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Chandra and R. Tewari. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 2: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Megafossils. 1-81 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 229231: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 23.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

Taeniocrada
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? Taeniocrada sp. White 1902
Sphenopsida
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Archaeocalamites radiatus Brongniart 1875
Lycopsida
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Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Palmatopteris cf. furcata Brongniart 1893