Damalgiri, W of Tura: Eocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Phyllites grewioides n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1952
Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo sp. leaf Adanson 1763
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Neolitsea sahnii n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1955
Laurophyllum sp. leaf Göppert 1853
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Nipadites sp. leaf Bowerbank 1840
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nelumbium sp. leaf Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Rosales - Cannabaceae
Trema garoensis n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1955
Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Eriodendron sp. leaf de Candolle 1824
Bombacites orientalis n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1955
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
Grewia archaeocolumnaris n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1952
nomen nudum belonging to Grewia
Grewia foxii n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1955
Grewia argentioides n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1952
nomen nudum belonging to Grewia
Grewia garoensis n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1952
nomen nudum belonging to Grewia
Angiospermae - Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Vatica sp. leaf Linnaeus 1771
Shorea burmindica n. sp. leaf Lakhanpal 1952
nomen nudum belonging to Shorea
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Meghalaya
Coordinates: 25.5° North, 90.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° North, 81.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tura
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Kopili Stage" (Lakhanpur et al. 1976)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:224709
Authorizer:B. Allen Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2022-03-30 09:44:56 Last modified:2022-04-04 11:01:47
Access level:the public Released:2022-03-30 09:44:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

80975. R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]