Topa Quarry (Permian to of India)

Also known as Datma & Pindra Collieries

Where: Jharkhand, India (23.7° N, 85.5° E: paleocoordinates 65.2° S, 55.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Artinskian to Artinskian (290.1 - 272.3 Ma)

• "Barakar 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 224701: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

Punctatisporites
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Striatopodocarpites labrus
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"Striatopodocarpites labrus n. sp." = Gondwanipollenites labrus
"Striatopodocarpites labrus n. sp." = Gondwanipollenites labrus Tiwari 1965
Striatopodocarpites crassus
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"Striatopodocarpites crassus n. sp." = Gondwanipollenites crassus
"Striatopodocarpites crassus n. sp." = Gondwanipollenites crassus Tiwari 1965
Potonieisporites
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Lahirites
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Lahirites fractus n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Lahirites bokaroensis n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Parasaccites korbaensis
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Parasaccites korbaensis Bharadwaj and Tiwari 1964
Parasaccites
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Primuspollenites levis
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Primuspollenites
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Lunatisporites
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Lunatisporites fuscus Bharadwaj 1962
Lophotriletes
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Cyclobaculisporites
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Cyclobaculisporites minutus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
Dentatispora indica
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Dentatispora indica Tiwari 1964
Cycadopsida
 Welwitschiales - Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschiapites tenuis Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964 cycads
Vittatina
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Vittatina permegna Tiwari 1965
Striatites
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Pilasporites
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Plicatipollenites
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Plicatipollenites indicus
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Rhizomaspora
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Barakarites
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Barakarites implicatus n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Barakarites crassus n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Barakarites decorus n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Barakarites triquetrus n. sp. Tiwari 1965
Vesicaspora
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Faunipollenites varius
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Faunipollenites varius Bharadwaj 1962
Faunipollenites
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Faunipollenites parvus n. sp. Tiwari 1965