Kota Formation Explained

Kota Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Jurassic ~
Period:	Jurassic
Prilithology:	Mudstone, sandstone
Otherlithology:	Limestone
Namedfor:	Kota Village
Region:	Telangana
Country:	India
Coordinates:	18.9°N 80°W
Paleocoordinates:	-31.6°N 31.9°W
Subunits:	Lower & Upper members
Overlies:	Dharmaram Formation
Thickness:	550-
Extent:	Pranhita-Godavari Basin

The Kota Formation is a geological formation in India. The age of the Kota Formation is uncertain; it is commonly considered to date to the Early Jurassic, but some studies have suggested it may extend into the Middle Jurassic or even later. It conformably overlies the Lower Jurassic Upper Dharmaram Formation and is unconformably overlain by the Lower Cretaceous Gangapur Formation. It is split into a Lower Member and Upper Member. The Lower Member is approximately 100 m thick while the Upper Member is 490 m thick. Both subunits primarily consist of mudstone and sandstone, but near the base of the upper unit there is a 20-30 metre thick succession of limestone deposited in a freshwater setting.^[1]

Stratigraphy

The lower boundary of the Kota Formation is made of pebbly sandstone, covering the topmost clay seen in the Dharmaram Formation.^[2] The Kota Formation has been traditionally divided into 2 main members, the Lower and Upper members, yet more recent work have redivided it into 3.^[3] The Lower member can be seen at locations such as Adamilli, Kamavarapukota and Sudikonda, being made of sandstones, with clay clasts, with greater or lower stratification.^[4] The Middle Member is well developed along the Continental Gondwana basin, specially towards the northwestern part, and is made of medium to fine white sandstone with clay and concretionary limestone, suggesting the development of paleosols associated with alluvial floodplains.^[3] The last member is mostly made of broad sandstone sheets with large clay casts associated with fluvial channels, and has an extension that can be easuly seen on several continuous kilometers.^{[4] [5]} The Uppermost section of the unit is mostly made of limestones and is overlain on an angular unconformity by the Gangapur Formation.^[3]

Age

The age of the Kota Formation is controversial. There are no magmatic rocks or volcanic ash beds associated with the Kota Formation, which means that its age cannot be determined directly through radiometric dating.^{[6] [7]} The maximum age of the Kota Formation is constrained by the underlying Upper Dharmaram Formation, which is Early Jurassic, probably Hettangian or Sinemurian, in age.^{[8] [7]} Various researchers have attempted to date the Kota Formation using biostratigraphy. Krishnan (1968), Jain (1973), and Yadagiri and Prasad (1977) favored an Early Jurassic age based on the fish fauna. Govindan (1975) suggested a Middle Jurassic age based on ostracods. In 2006, Bandyopadhyay and Sengupta argued that the fish fauna suggested a Toarcian age for the Upper Kota Formation, possibly extending into the Aalenian, and in turn estimated the Lower Kota to be Sinemurian to Pliensbachian in age.^[9] Guntupalli V. R. Prasad, along with various coauthors, has argued for a younger age. In 2001, Vijaya and Prasad proposed based on palynological evidence that the Kota Formation was deposited between the Callovian age of the Middle Jurassic and the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous.^[10] In 2002, Prasad and Manhas argued that the mammal genus Dyskritodon, known only from the Kota Formation and the Early Cretaceous of Morocco, provides evidence for a young age for the Kota Formation. In 2020, Prasad and Parmar argued that the similarity of the dinosaur fauna of the Kota Formation to that of the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom supported a Middle Jurassic age for the Kota Formation.

Paleoenvironment

The Kota Formation represents mostly a Continental succession related to a continental rift basin, the Pranhita-Godavari Gondwana Basin of peninsular India. The associated facies of sandstone and limestones are likely related to playa-type lake, with nearby fluvial currents, part of low gradient hanging wall alluvial fans, being deposited on it´s margin. There have been records of freshwater lue green algal stromatolites and oncolites, suggested to be deposited on low energy and low bathymetry lacustrine settings.^[11] More recent works have proven the basin hosted in the Early Jurassic a freshwater carbonate wetland marked by the presence of limestones.^[1] The environmental model proposed include a depositional cycle marked by several facies types, A for the sublittoral zones of shallow water bodies, followed by palustrine environments, including surfaces with abundance of influence of both plants and animals, specially rhizobrecciation indicating active colonization of the margins by plants, having a similar deposition to the modern Las Tablas de Daimiel wetlands.^[1] Associated with the lacustrine facies have recovered microbial bioherms and lacustrine spring mounds, shallow ephemeral ponds with carbonated mud and Phyllopods, pedogenic calcrete under arid seasons and short-lived distributary channels. The depositional setting may have been partially sheltered from the input of siliciclastic materials, except on flooding seasons. Microbial biomats likely developed on shallow waters, while rhizoliths increased it´s presence of abandoned channel fills and pedogenic facies indicate drought seasons.

Fossil content

Ostracoda

Ostracods

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Clinocypris	Clinocypris sp.	Daroghapalli	Upper Member	Six carapaces	A freshwater ostracodan of the Family Pontocyprididae.
Cypredea	Cypredea sp.	Daroghapalli	Upper Member	Fourteen incomplete carapaces	A freshwater ostracodan of the Family Palaeocytheridae.
Darwinula^[12] ^[13]	Darwinula cf.sarytirmenensis	Aklapalli Daroghapalli Kanchelli Metpalli Potepalli	Lower Member Upper Member	More than 200 carapaces and valves	A freshwater ostracodan of the Family Darwinulidae. The most dominant genus locally and the main indicator of both fluvial and lacustrine settings
	Darwinula kingi	Aklapalli Daroghapalli Kanchelli Metpalli Potepalli	Lower Member Upper Member	Around 120 carapaces and valves	A freshwater ostracodan of the Family Darwinulidae.
	Darwinula spp.	Daroghapalli	Lower Member Upper Member	Nineteen Carapaces	A freshwater ostracodan of the Family Darwinulidae.
Eucandona	Eucandona sp.	Daroghapalli	Upper Member	Eight incomplete carapaces	A freshwater ostracodan of the Family Candoninae.
Limnocythere	Limnocythere spp.	Daroghapalli	Lower Member	Three complete carapaces	A freshwater ostracodan of the family Limnocytheridae.
Stenocypris	?Stenocypris sp.	Daroghapalli	Upper Member	Single incomplete carapace	A freshwater ostracodan of the family Cyprididae.
Timiriasevia	Timiriasevia digitalis	Daroghapalli	Lower Member	Twenty complete carapaces and thirty-six partly broken carapaces.	A freshwater ostracodan of the family Limnocytheridae.

Phyllopoda

Phyllopods

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Estheriina^[14]	Estheriina alibadadensis	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Estheriininae. The most abundant Estheriid in the region and the key element of the Estheriina biozone
	Estheriina indijurassica	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Estheriininae.
	Estheriina bullata	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Estheriininae.
	Estheriina pranhitaensis	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Estheriininae.
Lioestheria^[15]	Lioestheria kotaensis	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Lioestheriidae. The second key element of the Estheriina biozone
	Lioestheria crustabundis	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Lioestheriidae.
	Lioestheria ssp.	Kota limestone ridge	Lower Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Lioestheriidae.
Paleolimnadia	Paleolimnadia spp.	Kota limestone ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Estheriininae.
Pseudeasmussiata	Pseudeasmussiata andhrapradeshia	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	Valves	A freshwater clam shrimp of the family Lioestheriidae.

Insecta

Insects

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Archimesoblatta^[16]	A. shiva	Tasch outcrop K-2 bed 8	Upper Member	Right forewing tegmen	A mesoblattinid cockroach
Coleopteron^[17]	C. sp.	Kota limestone ridge	Lower Member	Isolated wings	An Indeterminate Coleopteran.
Kotaphialtites^[18]	K. frankmortoni	Sirpur Taluka, Tasch's K1 outcrop bed 2(A)	Upper Member	MCZ 11909, Isolated wing	An ephialtitid hymenopteran.
Protogryllus^[19]	P. lakshmi	Kota Formation outcrop K-2	Upper Member	MCZ 3046, Isolated wing
Taschigatra^[20]	T. bharataja	Sirpur Taluka, Tasch's K1 outcrop bed 3(A)	Upper Member	No.2013(3013), part and counterpart of well preserved wing	A rhagionid dipteran.
	T. tulyabhijana	Sirpur Taluka, Tasch's K1 outcrop bed 2(A)	Upper Member	No. 5034, well preserved wing	A rhagionid dipteran.
Xyelula	X. alexandri	Kota Formation outcrop K-2	Upper Member	MCZ 11831, well preserved wing	A sepulcid hymenopteran.

Fish

Fish

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Indocoelacanthus^[21]	Indocoelacanthus robustus	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	ISI P. 39. Impression of the caudal fin ISI P. 40. Nearly complete head and trunk squamation ISI P. 41-45. Fragments of fin-rays ISI P. 46. Neural arches, isolated scales and girdle elements	A robust freshwater coelacanth of the family Latimeriidae. Represents the largest member of the local freshwater fauna, measuring up to 70 cm.
Lepidotes^[22] ^[23]	Lepidotes deccanensis	Kota limestone ridge Paikasigudem village	Lower Member Upper Member	Complete Specimen Isolated Remains	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Lepisosteiformes.
	Lepidotes spp.	Kota limestone ridge Paikasigudem village	Lower Member Upper Member	Isolated remains	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Lepisosteiformes.
Lonchidion^[24] ^[25]	Lonchidion indicus	Paikasigudem village Yamanpalli bonebed	Upper Member	GSI.TI.2, tooth Isolated Teeth	A freshwater elasmobranch of the family Lonchidiidae.
Paradapedium^[26]	Paradapedium egertoni	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Near Ankisha	Lower Member Upper Member	BMNHP12146, Partial specimen BMNHP12147, Almost complete specimen BMNHP12148, Partial specimen ISIP.32 Nearly complete specimen ISIP.33 Nearly complete specimen ISIP.34 Nearly complete specimen ISIP.35 specimen lacking tail and head	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Dapediidae.
Pholidophorus^[27]	Pholidophorus kingi	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Paikasigudem village	Lower Member Upper Member	Several complete and incomplete specimens	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Pholidophoridae.
	Pholidophorus indicus	Boraigudem limestone ridge Kota limestone ridge Paikasigudem village	Lower Member Upper Member	Several complete and incomplete specimens	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Pholidophoridae.
Polyacrodus^[28]	Polyacrodus? sp.	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	Tooth	A freshwater elasmobranch of the family Polyacrodontidae.
Pycnodontidae	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	About 60 specimens of Pharyngeal Teeth, including GSITL3-6	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Pycnodontidae, originally classified as Perciformes, yet suggested to be very similar to the Cretaceous pycnodont Stephanodus.
Semionotiformes	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	Teeth	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Semionotiformes.
Tetragonolepis	Tetragonolepis oldhami	Kota limestone ridge Lingal-Metpalli ridge	Lower Member Upper Member	GSI2145, an impression including most of the body ISP36, fragment of trunk and skull ISP37, nearly complete specimen	A freshwater neopterygian of the family Dapediidae.

Amphibia

Amphibians

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	GSI.TL.19, Mandible GSI.TL.20, right illium	Indeterminate frog remains, originally referred to Pelobatidae due to be compared with younger Creteaceous Indian frog material
	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	GSI.TI.10, mandible with one teeth GSI.TI.16, fragment of mandible GSI.TI.17, madible with 4 teeth	Indeterminate caudatan remains, originally referred to Sirenidae due to be compared with younger Creteaceous sirenid material

Mammaliaforms

Mammaliaforms

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Australosphenida^[29]	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	Isolated lower molar	A mammal of the group Australosphenida, resembling the south american genus Asfaltomylos
Dyskritodon?^[30]	Dyskritodon? indicus	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VPL/JU/KM/13, lower left molar	A dubious mammal of the group Eutriconodonta. This Genus is known from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco, what has been used to suggest a minimum Berrasian age for the Upper Kota Formation
Gondtherium	Gondtherium dattai	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VPL/JU/KM 12 right lower molar	A mammal of the family Docodontidae
Indotherium^[31]	Indotherium pranhitai	5 km west of Yamanapalli	Lower Member	GSI20795, right upper molar	A mammaliform of the family Morganucodontidae. Includes the informally named "Indozostrodon simpsoni".^[32]
Indobaatar^[33]	Indobaatar zofiae	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VPL/JU/KM/20, a left upper premolar	A mammal described as an eobaatarid multituberculate, but this interpretation has been challenged.^[34]
Kotatherium^[35]	Kotatherium haldanei	5 km west of Yamanapalli	Lower Member	GSI19634, right upper molar	A mammaliform of the family Kuehneotheriidae
Nakunodon^[36]	Nakunodon paikasiensis	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	GSI.SR/PAL/12, right upper molar	A mammal of the family Amphidontidae
Paikasigudodon^[37]	Paikasigudodon yadagirii	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VPL/JU/KM/10, right upper molar	A mammaliaform of the family Morganucodontidae, originally known as "Kotatherium yadagirii"
Trishulotherium	Trishulotherium kotaensis	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	GSISR/PAL/10, left lower molar	A mammal of the order Symmetrodonta

Lepidosauromorpha

Lepidosauromorphs

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Bharatagama^[38]	Bharatagama rebbanensis	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VPL/JU/KR 66, dentary VPL/JU/KR 88, anterior region of a left maxilla VPL/JU/KR 91, left maxilla VPL/JU/KR 90-92, posterior ends of right maxillae VPL/JU/KR 67-80-103, anterior symphysial region JU/KR 79, 98, 100, dentaries mid-region VPL/JU/KR 69, 81-84, 87, dentary with hatchling dentition VPL/JU/KR 68, 85-86, dentary VPL/JU/KR 70, 71, 76,78, 93, 94, 97, 104, 105, dentary	A lepidosauromorph originally described as an Iguanian lizard. May actually be a sphenodontian rather than a lizard.^[39]
Godavarisaurus^[40]	Godavarisaurus lateefi	Gorlapalli village Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VP4Ju/KR47, a partial right dentary VP4Ju/KR44, 51, 52, right maxilla VP4Ju/KR40, 41, 43, 49, 50, left maxilla VP4Ju/KR37, 48, 65, right dentary VP4Ju/KR39, fragment of left dentary VP4Ju/KR46, left palatine	A small sphenodontian, with a skull estimated to measure less than 20 mm
Paikasisaurus	Paikasisaurus indicus	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	GSI.TI.14, left dentary with teeth GSI.TI.15, left dentary with one tooth	An indeterminate and dubious lepidosauromorph, originally suggested to be a varanoid lizard
Rebbanasaurus	Rebbanasaurus jaini	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	About 50 specimens, including premaxillae, maxillae, dentaries, and a palatine	A small sphenodont
Squamata?	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	VPL/JU/KR 62, fragmentary right maxilla VPL/JU/KR 61, partial maxilla	Distinct from Bharatagama rebbanensis; may include material formerly assigned to the dubious Kota squamate Paikasisaurus indicus.
Sphenodontidae	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	GSI.TI.8-12, 17, maxilla	Indeterminate Sphenodontidae remains

Testudinata

Turtles

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Indochelys^[41] ^[42]	Indochelys spatulata	3 km NNE of Kistapur village, Kota Near Kota village, north of Sironcha	Upper Member	GSI 20380, a partial shell ISI R176, a partial shell ISI R177, the anterior half of a shell	Mesochelydian stem-turtle, suggested to be related with Condorchelys
Testudines^[43]	Indeterminate	1 km south of Bodepalli	Lower Member	Carapace fragments	Indeterminate turtle remains

Crocodylomorpha

Atoposaurid crocodiles are known from the unit, yet is not clear from what locality.^[7]

Crocodylomorpha

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Crocodylomorpha^[44]	Indeterminate	1 km south of Bodepalli	Lower Member	Maxillae, dentaries, teeth	Indeterminate crocodylomorph remains, previously mixed with thyreophoran material and part of the chimaeric "Andhrasaurus"
Teleosauridae?^[45]	Indeterminate	Kota limestone ridge	Lower Member	Dermal scutes, with a femur and some fragments of other bones	Indeterminate material referred to crocodylomorphs similar to Teleosaurus

Pterosauria

Pterosaurs

Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Campylognathoides^[46]	Campylognathoides indicus	Kota limestone ridge	Lower Member	ISI R38, holotype, fragment of skull and upper jaw	The holotype of Campylognathoides indicus, a pair of premaxillae, may represent a fish rather than a pterosaur.^[47]
Pterosauria^[48]	Indeterminate	Boraigudem Chitur	Lower Member	GSI17868, radius and ulna, wing metacarpal, first wing-phalanx and a clawed toe ISIR49. fragment displaying dissociated bones from post-cranial region	Indeterminate pterosaur remains

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
"Andhrasaurus"^[49]	"Andhrasaurus indicus"	1 km south of Bodepalli	Lower Member	Sacral vertebra, vertebral centra, dorsal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, parts of scapula and ilium, osteoderms	A chimaera of thyreophoran postcranial material and Crocodylomorph skull pieces. The armor was later suggested to be Ankylosauria indet. And other latter works pointed out it likely belongs to an indeterminate basal thyreophoran.^[50]
Barapasaurus^[51]	Barapasaurus tagorei	North of Krishnapur Pochampalli village	Lower Member	Roughly 300 bones, representing the disarticulated remains of at least six individuals	A sauropod dinosaur, either a Eusauropoda or more likely a Gravisauria. Represents the best-known Early Jurassic sauropod
Dandakosaurus^[52]	Dandakosaurus indicus	Yamanpalli bonebed	Lower Member	Lateral tooth, proximal ischium Dorsal vertebra, proximal caudal vertebra (Likely of Kotasaurus)	A chimaera of large theropod bones, including and ischium and tooth, probably belonging to a carnosaur, and sauropod bones (two Kotasaurus vertebrae)
Dromaeosauridae?	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	Isolated Teeth	Five distinct morphotypes have been identified, mostly resemble coelurosaurs or dromaeosauroids.
Hypsilophodontidae^[53]	Indeterminate	Gorlapalli Village	Upper Member	Single Tooth	Identified originally as a member of Hypsilophodontidae, probably represents a tooth of a basal neornithischian.
Kotasaurus^[54]	Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis	Yamanpalli bonebed	Lower Member	Disarticulated remains of at least 12 individuals	A basal sauropod
Ornithischia^[55]	Indeterminate	1 km south of Bodepalli Paikasigudem village	Lower Member Upper Member	End of left humerus Isolated Teeth	Indeterminate ornithischian material. Among the teeth, at least five distinct morphotypes have been identified.
Richardoestesia?	Richardoestesia? spp.	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	Isolated Teeth	Teeth similar to those of the problematic taxon Richardoestesia, of supposed coelurosaur affinities
Thyreophora^[56]	Indeterminate	Paikasigudem village	Upper Member	Scute and associated fragmentary limb bones.	Indeterminate scelidosaurid material.
Sauropoda	Indeterminate.	Yamanpalli bonebed.	• Lower Member	Teeth.	Found in the same bonebed as Kotasaurus, resembles Amygdalodon.
Carnosauria	Indeterminate.	Yamanapalli bonebed.	• Lower Member	Teeth.	Found in the same bonebed as Kotasaurus, referred to as'carnosaurs'

Megaflora

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Agathoxylon^[57]	Agathoxylon kotaense	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Agathoxylon chandrapurensis	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Agathoxylon santacruzense^[58]	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Agathoxylon pranhitaensis^[59]	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Agathoxylon santalense	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Agathoxylon spp.	Bodepalli Near Kota village Paikasigudem village	Lower Member Upper Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
Araucarites	Araucarites minutus	Dronadula	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Araucariaceae inside Pinales.
	Araucarites sp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Araucariaceae inside Pinales.
Brachyphyllum	Brachyphyllum expansum	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
Elatocladus	Elatocladus conferta	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Elatocladus tenerrimus	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Elatocladus jabalpurensis	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Elatocladus plana	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Elatocladus sp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
Cladophlebis	Cladophlebis denticulata	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated fronds	Affinities with Osmundaceae in the Osmundales.
	Cladophlebis indica	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated fronds	Affinities with Osmundaceae in the Osmundales
	Cladophlebis reversa	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated fronds	Affinities with Osmundaceae in the Osmundales
	Cladophlebis spp.	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated fronds	Affinities with Osmundaceae in the Osmundales
Circoporoxylon^[60]	Circoporoxylon kotaense	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
Coniopteris	Coniopteris hymenophylloides	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated fronds	Affinities with Polypodiales in the Polypodiidae. Common cosmopolitan Mesozoic fern genus. Recent research has reinterpreted it a stem group of the Polypodiales (closely related to the extant genera Dennstaedtia, Lindsaea, and Odontosoria)
	Coniopteris sp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated fronds	Affinities with Polypodiales in the Polypodiidae.
Cupressinoxylon	Cupressinoxylon kotaense	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
Dictyozamites	Dictyozamites falcatus	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
	Dictyozamites kotaense	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
Equisetum	Equisetum rajmahalensis	Chitur village Near Kota village	Lower Member Upper Member	Isolated Stems	Affinities with Equisetaceae inside Equisetales.
Ginkgoites	Ginkgoites lobata	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leafs	Affinities with Ginkgoaceae inside Ginkgoopsida.
Ginkgoxylon^[61]	Ginkgoxylon dixii	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Ginkgoaceae inside Ginkgoopsida.
Hausmannia	Hausmannia cf. buchii	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated pinnae	Affinities with Dipteridaceae in the Polypodiales.
Otozamites	Otozamites vemavarmensis	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
Pagiophyllum	Pagiophyllum peregrinum	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Pagiophyllum cf.peregrinum	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
	Pagiophyllum spp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Araucariaceae or Cheirolepidiaceae inside Pinales.
Pachypteris	Pachypteris indica	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated pinnae	Affinities with Umkomasiaceae in the Pteridospermatophyta.
Planoxylon	Planoxylon mahabalei	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Protopinaceae inside Pinales.
Podocarpoxylon	Podocarpoxylon chandrapurensis	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
	Podocarpoxylon chiturensis	Chitur village	Upper Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
	Podocarpoxylon krauselii	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
	Podocarpoxylon rajmahalense	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
	Podocarpoxyion sewardii	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
	Podocarpoxylon sp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Podocarpaceae inside Pinales.
Podozamites	Podozamites sp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Broad conifer leaves
Pseudoctenis	Pseudoctenis cf. frngilis	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Cycadales in the Cycadopsida.
Ptilophyllum	Ptilophyllum fissum	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
	Ptilophyllum acutifolium	Boraigudem Chitur Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
	Ptilophyllum cutchense	Chitur village Near Kota village	Lower Member Upper Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
	Ptilophyllum cf.sahnii	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
	Ptilophyllum cf.institacallum	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
	Ptilophyllum sp.	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Leaflets	Affinities with Williamsoniaceae in the Bennettitales.
Protaxodioxylon^[62]	Protaxodioxylon sahnii	Chitur village	Upper Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Prototaxoxylon liassicum^[63]	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
Sphenopteris	Sphenopteris kotaensis	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Isolated Fronds	Affinities with Dicksoniaceae in the Cyatheales.
Taxaceoxylon	Taxaceoxylon sahnii	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Taxaceoxylon biradarii^[64]	Chitur village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Taxaceoxylon antiquum	Near Kota village	Lower Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
	Taxaceoxylon sp.	Near Kota village	Upper Member	Fossil wood	Affinities with Cupressaceae inside Pinales.
Torreyites	Torreyites constricte	Chitur village	Upper Member	Branched shoots	Affinities with Taxaceae in the Pinales.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• Azilal Formation
• Cañadón Asfalto Formation
• Evergreen Formation
• Mawson Formation

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