PBDB Collection

Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1 (Miocene of India)

Where: Uttarakhand, India (29.1° N, 80.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 80.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Formation (Siwalik Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Primary reference: M. Prasad, A. K. Kannaujia, S. Kumar and S. K. Singh. 2017. Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. The Palaeobotanist 66:223-312 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224493: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Magnoliopsida
- Xanthophyllaceae	Xanthophyllum mioglaucum n. sp. Xanthophyllum mioglaucum n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 BSIP No. 41296 (holotype), No. 41297
Angiospermae
Laurales - Lauraceae	Cinnamomum palaeotamala Cinnamomum palaeotamala Lakhanpal and Awasthi 1984 cinnamon BSIP Nos. 41369–41370 (part and counterpart)
Magnoliales - Annonaceae	Annona miocenica n. sp., Meiogyne purniyagiriensis n. sp. Annona miocenica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 custard apple BSIP No. 41288 (holotype), Nos. 41289, 41290 Meiogyne purniyagiriensis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 custard apple BSIP No. 412293 (holotype)
Fabales - Fabaceae	Bauhinia purniyagiriensis n. sp., Pongamia siwalika Bauhinia purniyagiriensis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 legume BSIP No. 41336 (holotype) Pongamia siwalika Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990 legume BSIP No. 41347
Rosales - Rhamnaceae	Ventilago miocalyculata n. sp. Ventilago miocalyculata n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 buckthorn BSIP No. 41318 (holotype), No. 41319 (counterpart)
Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae	Baccaurea miocenica n. sp., Bridelia hanumanchattiensis n. sp., Mallotus kalimpongensis Baccaurea miocenica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 spurge BSIP No. 41377 (holotype) Bridelia hanumanchattiensis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 spurge BSIP No. 41378 (holotype) Mallotus kalimpongensis Antal and Awasthi 1993 spurge BSIP Nos. 41375, 41376
Sapindales - Sapindaceae	Harpullia siwalica Harpullia siwalica Prasad and Awasthi 1996 tulipwood BSIP No. 41326
Sapindales - Anacardiaceae	Drimycarpus siwalicus n. sp., Bouea premacrophylla Drimycarpus siwalicus n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 cashew BSIP No. 41329 (holotype), No. 41330 (counterpart) Bouea premacrophylla Antal and Awasthi 1993 cashew BSIP No. 41331
Sapindales - Rutaceae	Atalantia siwalica n. sp., Clausena miocenica n. sp. Atalantia siwalica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 citrus BSIP No. 41309 (holotype), No. 41310 Clausena miocenica n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 citrus BSIP No. 41311 (holotype)
Dicotyledoneae
Ericales - Sapotaceae	Palaquium palaeograndis n. sp. Palaquium palaeograndis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 BSIP No. 41366 (holotype), No. 41367
Myrtales - Lythraceae	Lagerstroemia prakashii n. sp. Lagerstroemia prakashii n. sp. Prasad et al. 2017 crepe myrtle BSIP No. 41353 (holotype), No. 41354