Nawargaon (Paleogene of India)

Where: Maharashtra, India (21.0° N, 78.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.2° S, 76.6° E (Wright 2013)

• 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 225724: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Piperales - Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochioxylon prakashii n. gen. n. sp.
Aristolochioxylon prakashii n. gen. n. sp. Kulkarni and Patil 1977 magnoliids
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae
Sonneratioxylon caeseolarioides n. sp., Sonneratioxylon nawargaoensis n. sp.
Sonneratioxylon caeseolarioides n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Sonneratioxylon nawargaoensis n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1984
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Ardisioxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.
Ardisioxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Amooroxylon deccanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Amooroxylon deccanensis n. gen. n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1984 mahogany
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Evodinium intertrappeum n. gen. n. sp., Evodinium indicum n. sp.
Evodinium intertrappeum n. gen. n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 citrus
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Evodinium indicum n. sp. Bande and Prakash 1984 citrus
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Aeschynomenoxylon nawargaoensis n. sp.
Aeschynomenoxylon nawargaoensis n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 legume
 Lamiales - Bignoniaceae
Heterophragmoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.
Heterophragmoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1982 trumpet vine
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
 Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Gmelina tertiara n. sp.
Gmelina tertiara n. sp. Bande 1987 verbena
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Rhizopalmoxylon phonixoides n. sp., Sabalophyllum livistonoides n. gen. n. sp., cf. Sabal sp., Palmocarpon coryphoidium n. sp., Palmoxylon sclerodermum, Palmoxylon arviensis n. sp., Palmoxylon nawargaonsis n. sp., Palmoxylon livistonoides n. sp., Palmoxylon hyphaeneoides n. sp., Palmocaulon hyphaeneoides n. sp., cf. Borassus sp.
Rhizopalmoxylon phonixoides n. sp. Patil and Kulkarni 1978 palm
Sabalophyllum livistonoides n. gen. n. sp. Bonde 1986 palm
cf. Sabal sp. Adanson 1763 palm
Palmocarpon coryphoidium n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1985 palm
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Palmoxylon sclerodermum Sahni 1943 palm
Palmoxylon arviensis n. sp. Ambwani 1981 palm
Palmoxylon nawargaonsis n. sp. Shukla 1941 palm
Palmoxylon livistonoides n. sp. Prakash and Ambwani 1980 palm
Palmoxylon hyphaeneoides n. sp. Rao and Shete 1986 palm
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Palmocaulon hyphaeneoides n. sp. Shete and Kulkarni 1980 palm
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
cf. Borassus sp. Linnaeus 1753 palmyra palm
 Poales - Poaceae
Culmites eleusineoides n. sp.
Culmites eleusineoides n. sp. Bonde 1986 grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Scirpusoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.
Scirpusoxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp. Shete 1986 sedge
"Nawargaon-Maragsur"
Equisetopsida
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Paraphyllanthoxylon palaeoemblica n. sp.
Paraphyllanthoxylon palaeoemblica n. sp. Prakash et al. 1986