Sausar (Paleocene of India)

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (21.7° N, 78.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° S, 63.7° E)

When: Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary India : ~63 Ma

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; chert

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: T. S. Mahabale. 1950. A species of fossil Salvinia from Deccan lntertrappean series, India. Nature 172(1195) [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181126: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 21.08.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
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cf. Ulothrix sp.
cf. Ulothrix sp. Kützing 1833
 Charales - Characea
Chara sausari n. sp.
Chara sausari n. sp. Sahni and Rao 1943 stonewort
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Polypodiopsida
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Polypodiopsida indet.
Polypodiopsida indet. Cronquist et al. 1966
  - Marsileaceae
cf. Regnellidium sp.
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
? Azolla sp., Azolla intertrappea n. sp., Sausarospermum fermori n. gen. n. sp., Massulites coelatus n. gen. n. sp., Salvinia intertrappea n. sp.
? Azolla sp. Lamarck 1783
Azolla intertrappea n. sp. Sahni and Rao 1934
Sausarospermum fermori n. gen. n. sp. Sahni and Srivastava 1940
Massulites coelatus n. gen. n. sp. Sahni and Rao 1943
Salvinia intertrappea n. sp. Mahabale 1950 watermoss
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
cf. Cyatheaceae indet.
cf. Cyatheaceae indet. Kaulfuss 1827 scaly tree fern
 Fungi -
Fungi indet.
Fungi indet.
"spores"
Perisporiacites
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Perisporiacites varians n. sp.
Perisporiacites varians n. sp. Sahni and Rao 1943
Sordariomycetes
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Palaeosordaria lagena n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeosordaria lagena n. gen. n. sp. Sahni and Rao 1943