Mothara, Kutch (Pliocene of India)

Also known as Mothala

Where: Gujarat, India (23.2° N, 69.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.2° N, 69.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kankavati Group, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• 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 225193: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Terminalioxylon felixii
Terminalioxylon felixii Ramanujam 1956
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Pterospermoxylon kutchensis n. gen. n. sp.
Pterospermoxylon kutchensis n. gen. n. sp. Awasthi et al. 1980
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpoxylon pondicherriense, Dipterocarpoxylon malavii n. sp.
Dipterocarpoxylon malavii n. sp. Ghosh and Ghosh 1959
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Euphorioxylon indicum
Euphorioxylon indicum Awasthi et al. 1982 soapberry
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Albizinium eolebbekianum
Albizinium eolebbekianum Prakash 1975 legume
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon kachchhensis n. sp.
Palmoxylon kachchhensis n. sp. Guleria 1983 palm