Usteri Lake, Puducherry (Neogene of India)

Also known as Osudu Lake

Where: Tamil Nadu, India (12.0° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 78.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cuddalore Group, Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; 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 224630: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanoxylon tertiarum n. sp. Navale 1964
Castanoxylon indicum n. sp. Navale 1964
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Caesalpinioxylon felixii n. sp. Navale 1963 legume
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Anisopteroxylon coromandelense n. sp. Navale 1963
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
"Ailanthoxylon pondicherriense n. sp." = Ailanthoxylon indicum
"Ailanthoxylon pondicherriense n. sp." = Ailanthoxylon indicum Prakash 1959