Makum Coalfield (Oligocene of India)

Where: India (27.3° N, 95.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° N, 91.8° E)

When: Tikak Parbat Formation (Barail Group), Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 212868: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.08.2020, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Parishia sp., Apollonias sp., Heyne sp., Memecylon sp.
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus sp.
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Terminalia sp.
Terminalia sp. Linnaeus 1767
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Saccopetalum sp." = Miliusa (Saccopetalum)
"Saccopetalum sp." = Miliusa (Saccopetalum) Bennett 1840 custard apple
 Magnoliales - Myristicaceae
Myristica sp.
Myristica sp. Gronovius magnoliids
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Nypa fruticans
Nypa fruticans Wumb 1781 palm
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Daphnogene makumensis n. sp.
Daphnogene makumensis n. sp. Mehrotra et al. 2009 laurel
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, BSIP 39292 (holotype), 39293, part and counterpart
 Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Avicennia sp.
Avicennia sp. Linnaeus 1753 verbena
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Alstonia sp.
Alstonia sp. Brown 1810 dogbane
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Entada sp.
Entada sp. Adanson 1763 legume
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Bridelia sp.
Bridelia sp. Willdenow 1806 spurge
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
Kayea sp., Garcinia sp., Mesua sp., Mesua antiqua, Calophyllum sp.
Kayea sp. Wallich 1831
Garcinia sp. Linnaeus 1753
Mesua sp. Linnaeus 1753
Mesua antiqua Awasthi et al. 1992
Calophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora sp.
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
Santiria sp.
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Nephelium sp.
Nephelium sp. Linnaeus 1767 soapberry
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Mangifera sp., Lannea sp.
Mangifera sp. Linnaeus 1753 mango
Lannea sp. Richard 1831 cashew
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Pterygota sp.
Pterygota sp. Brauer 1885 winged insect