Duddukuru (Paleogene of India)

Also known as Dudukuru

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (17.0° N, 81.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 71.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deccan Intertrappean Formation, Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 Ma)

• "Early Tertiary" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 226529: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.07.2022

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Taxonomic list

 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Mesembrioxylon dudukurense n. sp. Mahabale and Rao 1973 podocarp
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae
Sonneratioxylon dudukurense n. sp. Rao and Ramanujam 1966