Also known as BSIP section K(906)
Where: Gujarat, India (23.3° N, 69.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 34.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bhuj Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; shale and sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,
• Repository: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
•Venkatachala 1968: "Ten-twelve grams of material were kept in Hydrofluoric acid (40%) for 2-4 days followed by Nitric acid (40%) for 2-3 days. Potassium hydroxide solution (3%) was used for 2-3 minutes. The slides were prepared with Polyvenyl alcohol and mounted in canada balsam."
•Banerji et al. 1984: "Each megaspore was first photographed in dry state under reflected light and its characters were noted. After photographing in dry state, the megaspore was transferred to a covered petridish and was oxidised with nitric acid, sometimes using potassium chlorate. The oxidised material was digested with potassium hydroxide and cleaned with water. Observations were made at frequent intervals during this progressive maceration and photographs were taken, as and when felt necessary, by transmitted light."
Primary reference: J. Banerji, B. N. Jana, and H. K. Maheshwari. 1984. The Fossil Floras of Kachchh. II - Mesozoic Megaspores. The Palaeobotanist 33:190-227 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32379: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 27.06.2003, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lycopodiopsida | |
Minerisporites auriculatus Singh et al. 1964 clubmoss | |
Densoisporites velatus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Platysaccus sp. Naumova 1954 podocarp | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites verrucosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Lycopsida | |
Foveotriletes kutchensis n. sp.
Foveotriletes kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Murospora | |
Murospora punctata n. sp.
Murospora punctata n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 | |
Cicatricosisporites australiensis PotoniƩ 1956
Klukisporites punctatus n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Dictyophyllidites pectinaeformis, Boseisporites lobatus n. sp., Boseisporites insignitus n. sp., Boseisporites punctatus n. sp., Boseisporites praeclarus
Dictyophyllidites pectinaeformis Dettmann 1963
Boseisporites lobatus n. sp. Venkatachala 1968
Boseisporites insignitus n. sp. Venkatachala 1968
Boseisporites punctatus n. sp. Venkatachala 1968
Boseisporites praeclarus Sukh-Dev 1961 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites grandis, Cyathidites cutchensis, Cyathidites asper, Cyathidites pseudopunctatus, Ischyosporites crateris
Cyathidites grandis Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites cutchensis Singh et al. 1964
Cyathidites asper Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites pseudopunctatus Singh et al. 1964
Ischyosporites crateris Balme 1957 | |
Impardecispora indica | |
Impardecispora indica n. sp.
Impardecispora indica n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Impardecispora apiverrucata | |
Impardecispora apiverrucata Venkatachala et al. 1968 | |
Impardecispora simplex | |
Impardecispora simplex n. sp.
Impardecispora simplex n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Impardecispora lobata | |
Impardecispora lobata n. sp.
Impardecispora lobata n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Cooksonites | |
Cooksonites minor n. sp.
Cooksonites minor n. sp. Venkatachala 1968 | |
Paxillitriletes | |