Makum Coalfield: Oligocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Parishia sp.
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Apollonias sp.
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Heyne sp.
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Memecylon sp.
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetum sp. leaf
Linnaeus 1753
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Mehrotra et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Podocarpus sp.
L'Heritier and Persoon 1807
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Combretaceae
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Terminalia sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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Angiospermae
- Magnoliales
- Annonaceae
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Saccopetalum sp.
Bennett 1840
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| spelled with current rank as Miliusa (Saccopetalum) | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Magnoliales
- Myristicaceae
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Myristica sp.
Gronovius
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Nypa fruticans
Wumb 1781
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Daphnogene makumensis n. sp. leaf
Mehrotra et al. 2009
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| Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, BSIP 39292 (holotype), 39293, part and counterpart | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Lamiales
- Verbenaceae
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Avicennia sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Gentianales
- Apocynaceae
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Alstonia sp.
Brown 1810
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Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Entada sp.
Adanson 1763
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Euphorbiaceae
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Bridelia sp.
Willdenow 1806
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Clusiaceae
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Kayea sp.
Wallich 1831
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Garcinia sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Mesua sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Mesua antiqua leaf
Awasthi et al. 1992
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Calophyllum sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Rhizophoraceae
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Rhizophora sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Burseraceae
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Santiria sp.
Blume
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Nephelium sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Anacardiaceae
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Mangifera sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Lannea sp.
Richard 1831
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Insecta
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Pterygota sp.
(Brauer 1885)
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| original and current combination Pterygogenea | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 27.3° North, 95.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.5° North, 91.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Barail | Formation: | Tikak Parbat |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 212868 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, B. Allen | Enterer: | M. Uhen, B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-08-21 16:12:32 | Last modified: | 2020-08-21 16:12:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-21 16:12:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73500. | R. C. Mehrotra, R. P. Tiwari, and B. I. Mazumder. 2003. Nypa megafossils from the Tertiary sediments of Northeast India. Geobios 36:83-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 80951 | R. C. Mehrotra, D. L. Dilcher, and T. A. Lott. 2009. Notes on elements of the Oligocene flora from the Makum Coalfield, Assam, India. The Palaeobotanist 58(1-3):1-9 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |