Laitryngew (Paleocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.3° N, 91.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.6° S, 86.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cherra Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

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 224683: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedrales indet.
Ephedrales indet. Dumortier 1829
Microreticulatisporites
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Microreticulatisporites densus n. sp., Microreticulatisporites languidus n. sp.
Microreticulatisporites densus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
Microreticulatisporites languidus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
Polypodiopsida
  -
Biretisporites triglobosus
Biretisporites triglobosus Sah and Dutta 1966
previously identified as "? Cyatheaceous spore"
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Schizaeaceae indet.
Corrugatisporites
  -
Corrugatisporites turpitus n. sp.
Corrugatisporites turpitus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites khasiensis n. sp.
Podocarpidites khasiensis n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
  -
Araliaceoipollenites reticulatus n. sp., Polyporina globosa, Polycolpites vimalii
Araliaceoipollenites reticulatus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
Polycolpites vimalii Sah and Dutta 1966
previously identified as '8-zonicolporate grain"
Angiospermae
  -
Monosulcites sp.
Monosulcites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites crassireticulatus n. sp.
Tricolpites crassireticulatus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
 Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
Droseridites parvus n. sp.
Droseridites parvus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites vimalii
Triporopollenites vimalii Sah and Dutta 1966
previously identified as 'Tricolporate type 5'
Dicotyledoneae
  -
Triorites communis n. sp.
Triorites communis n. sp. Sah and Dutta 1966
Bryopsida
  -
Stereisporites grandis n. sp.
Stereisporites grandis n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
? Foveosporites sp., Foveosporites triangulus n. sp.
? Foveosporites sp. Balme 1957 clubmoss
Foveosporites triangulus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiaceae indet., Lycopodiumsporites parvireticulatus, Lycopodiumsporites palaeocenicus n. sp.
Lycopodiaceae indet. Mirbel 1802 clubmoss
Lycopodiumsporites parvireticulatus Sah and Dutta 1966 clubmoss
Lycopodiumsporites palaeocenicus n. sp. Dutta and Sah 1970 clubmoss
Spirapollis assamensis
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Spirapollis assamensis n. gen. n. sp.
Spirapollis assamensis n. gen. n. sp. Sah and Dutta 1966