Sankrail, Howrah (Pleistocene of India)

Where: West Bengal, India (22.6° N, 88.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.9° N, 88.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 224677: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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 Phycomycetes -
Entophlyctis lobata n. sp.
Entophlyctis lobata n. sp. Gupta 1970
 Melanconiales - Dematiaceae
Annellophora mussandae n. sp., Tetraploa aristata, Tetraploa ellisii
Annellophora mussandae n. sp. Gupta 1970
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodium sp.
Polypodium sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Nephrodium sp., Onychium sp.
Nephrodium sp. Smith 1841
Onychium sp. Kaulfuss 1820
  - Blechnaceae
Woodwardia sp.
Woodwardia sp. Smith 1793
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp.
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
 Arales - Lemnaceae
Lemna sp.
Lemna sp. Linnaeus 1753 duckweed
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Malvaceae indet.
Malvaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mallow
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Heritiera sp.
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Excoecaria sp.
Excoecaria sp. Linnaeus 1759 spurge
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
cf. Rhizophora sp., Ceriops sp.
cf. Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove
Ceriops sp. Arnott 1838 mangrove
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet., Cerealia indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp.
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecaceae indet.
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp.
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Suaeda sp.
Suaeda sp. Forsskål 1776 seepweed
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera sp.
Alternanthera sp. Forskål 1775 joyweed
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae indet.
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation
 Asterales - Campanulaceae
Campanula sp.
Campanula sp. Linnaeus 1753 bellflower
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet., Artemisia sp.
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet.
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae
Sonneratia sp.
Sonneratia sp. Linnaeus
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Syzygium sp.
Syzygium sp. Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry