Ommevaram (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Vemavaram

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (15.7° N, 80.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° S, 27.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Kota Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• 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 224604: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Neoraistrickia truncatus Potonié 1956 spikemoss
previously identified as 'Piliferosporites sp.'
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
Reticulatisporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss
Reticulatazonalesporites
  -
Leschikisporis
  -
Leschikisporis rudis n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Laevigatazonaletes
  -
Laevigatazonaletes sp. Ramanujam 1957
Callispora
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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pityosporites sp. Seward 1914
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Taxites planus Feistmantel 1879 yew
Abietineaepollenites ellipticus Kar and Sah 1970 yew
Abietineaepollenites robustus Kar and Sah 1970 yew
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites alareticulosus Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
previously identified as 'Pityosporites type 2'
Podocarpidites typicus Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
Podocarpidites rarus Singh et al. 1964 podocarp
Podocarpidites cristiexinus Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
"Podocarpidites multisimus" = Podocarpidites multesimus Pocock 1962 podocarp
Podocarpidites grandis Sah and Jain 1965 podocarp
Platysaccus sp. Naumova 1954 podocarp
Elatocladus (? Torreyites) sp. Halle 1913 podocarp
"Palissya jabalpurensis" = Elatocladus jabalpurensis Feistmantel 1882 podocarp
Podosporites sp. Rao 1943 podocarp
Podosporites raoi Singh et al. 1964 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites monoalasporus Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites segmentatus Balme 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites lenticularis Döring 1961 podocarp
previously identified as Callialasporites "lucidus"
 Coniferales -
Retinosporites indica, "Desmiophyllum indicum" = Harrisiophyllum indicum, "Cycadites constrictus n. sp." = Torreyites constricta
Retinosporites indica Oldham and Morris 1863
"Desmiophyllum indicum" = Harrisiophyllum indicum Sahni 1928
"Cycadites constrictus n. sp." = Torreyites constricta Feistmantel 1879
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
"Pterophyllum footeanum n. sp." = Pterophyllum footeanum Feistmantel 1879
"Zamites proximus n. sp." = Pterophyllum footeanum Feistmantel 1879
"Pterophyllum bifurcatum n. sp." = Pterophyllum incisum Sahni and Rao 1933
Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
Otozamites parallelus n. sp. Feistmantel 1879
Otozamites imbricatus Feistmantel 1876
previously identified as 'Ptilophyllum acutifolium'
Otozamites hislopii Oldham 1877
Otozamites acutifolius n. sp. Feistmantel 1879
Otozamites vemavaramensis n. sp. Bose and Jain 1967
"Otozamites abbreviatus" = Otozamites bengalensis Oldham 1863
Otozamites gondwanensis n. sp. Bose 1974
Otozamites exhislopi n. sp. Bose 1974
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
Cycadolepis sp. Saporta 1875
Anomozamites jungens n. sp. Feistmantel 1879
Anomozamites amarjolense Sharma et al. 1971
"Dictyozamites indica" = Dictyozamites indicus Feistmantel 1876
Dictyozamites feistmantelii Bose and Zeba-Bano 1978
"Otozamites rarinervis n. sp." = Ptilophyllum rarinervis Feistmantel 1879
Entylissa
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Entylissa sp. Naumova 1937
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites sp. Couper 1953
Cyathidites rajmahalensis Sah and Jain 1965
previously identified as Laevigosporites "type 1"
Cyathidites trilobatus Sah and Jain 1965
Cyathidites jurassicus n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Cyathidites pseudopunctatus Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites punctatus Delcourt et al. 1963
Cyathidites cf. asper Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites cf. minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites cutchensis Singh et al. 1964
Ischyosporites sp. Balme 1957
Apiculatisporites
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"Apiculatisporites sp." = Apiculatisporis
"Apiculatisporites sp." = Apiculatisporis Potonié and Kremp 1956
Polypodiopsida
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? Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Apiculatimonoletes
  -
Apiculatimonoletes sp. Ramanujam 1957
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Laevigatimonoletes
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Laevigatimonoletes sp. Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Apiculataletes
  -
Apiculataletes sp. Ramanujam 1957
Ramanujamiaspora reticulata
  -
Ramanujamiaspora reticulata n. gen. n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
unclassified
  -
Cycadophyta indet. Bessey 1907
"Cycadophytean stem"
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Angiopteridium spathulatum" = Taeniopteris spatulata
"Angiopteridium spathulatum" = Taeniopteris spatulata McClelland 1850 cycads
Angiopteridium mcclellandi
  -
"Angiopteridium mcclellandi" = Morrisia mcclellandi
"Angiopteridium mcclellandi" = Morrisia mcclellandi Oldham and Morris 1863
unclassified
  -
Singhiapollis rudis
  -
Singhiapollis rudis n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Singhiapollis triletus
  -
Singhiapollis triletus Singh et al. 1964
Laevigataletes
  -
Laevigataletes sp. Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Camptosporites
  -
Ginkgocycadophytus
  -
Ginkgocycadophytus srivastavae n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Ginkgocycadophytus asymmetricus n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Cedripites
  -
Cedripites sp. Woodhouse 1933
Cedripites nudis n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Indusiisporites
  -
Indusiisporites microsaccatus n. sp. Kar and Sah 1970
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941
Alisporites grandis Dettmann 1963
Setosisporites
  -
Granuloperculatipollis
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Tuberculatisporites
  -
Periplecosporites
  -
Cycadeoideopsida
 Cycadeoideales -
Conites sessilis Sahni 1928
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites minutus Bose and Maheshwari 1973
"Brachyphyllum expansum" = Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
some specimens previously identified as Pachyphyllum peregrinum
"Pachyphyllum heterophyllum n. sp." = Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
? Dicroidium sp. Gothan 1912
"Thinnfeldia subtrigona n. sp." = Dicroidium odontopteroides Morris 1845
Dicroidium feistmantelii Johnston 1847
  -
Laricoidites indicus Singh et al. 1964
Liratosporites
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Liratosporites sp. Vishnu-Mittre