Where: Bhutan (26.9° N, 92.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 91.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Siwalik Group, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: MLK College, Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Primary reference: M. Prasad and P. P. Tripathi. 2000. Plant megafossils from the Siwalik sediments of Bhutan and their climatic significance. Biological Memoirs 26(1):6-19 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 223595: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 17.11.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Angiospermae | |
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Mitrephora siwalika Antal and Awasthi 1993 custard apple | |
Michelia bhutanensis n. sp.2
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| Dicotyledoneae | |
Combretum miocenicum n. sp.
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| Angiospermae | |
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Gynocardia mioodorata1 Prasad et al. 2004 | |
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Calophyllum siwalicus n. sp.1 Srivastava and Ranjan 2019
Kayea miofloribunda n. sp.1 Srivastava and Ranjan 2019 | |
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Millettia koilabasensis Prasad 1990 legume | |
Hopenium kalagarhensis, Vateria palaeocanaliculata1, Dipterocarpoxylon parabaudii, Dipterocarpus siwalicus
Hopenium kalagarhensis Prasad and Prakash 1987
Dipterocarpoxylon parabaudii Prakash 1978
Dipterocarpus siwalicus Lakhanpal and Guleria 1987 | |
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Toona siwalica Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990 mahogany | |
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