Therria village 86/Lkd/DR5 (Paleocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 78.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: SBZ 3-4 other zone, Lakadong Formation (Sylhet Limestone Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Hard, compact limestone rich in larger benthic foraminifera

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Luchnow University Geology Department (LUGD)

Primary reference: K. Mirsa, A. K. Jauhri, S. Kishore and S. K. Singh. 2002. Calcareous algae from the Lakadong Formation of the South Shillong Plateau, NE India. Revue Paleobiologie 21(2):717-734 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216242: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Indopolia satyavanti
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Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae