Baraya, Kutch (Pliocene of India)

Also known as Baraia

Where: Gujarat, India (22.9° N, 69.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 69.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Naera Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; 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 224889: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

Magnoliopsida
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Favitricolporites medireticulatus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Polyporina mediporus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites minireticulatus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmaepollenites longicolpus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969 palm
Palmaepollenites medicolpus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969 palm
 Poales - Poaceae
Graminidites protrudus Mathur and Mathur 1969 bamboo
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Cupuliferoipollenites barainsus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Pteridopsida
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Marattisporites longiletus Mathur and Mathur 1969
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
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Verrucosisporites longiletus Mathur and Mathur 1969
  - Osmundaceae
Todites subtriangularis Mathur and Mathur 1969
Striamonocolpites longicolpatus
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Striamonocolpites longicolpatus n. gen. n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Couperipollis baculatus
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Couperipollis baculatus n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969
Verrucososporites
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Pluricellaesporites
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Pluricellaesporites rectangulata n. sp. Mathur and Mathur 1969