Nongstein Road, W of Cherrapunji (Eocene of India)
Where: Meghalaya, India (25.3° N, 91.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 80.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cherra Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; 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 224695: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.03.2022
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Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
Archaeolithothamnium nonsteinensis n. sp., Archaeolithothamnium hemchandrae n. sp., Mesophyllum sp., Melobesia assamica n. sp., Lithothamnium malthi n. sp., Lithothamnium pecki n. sp., "Lithothamnium cf. moretii" = Lithothamnium moreti
Archaeolithothamnium nonsteinensis n. sp. Rao 1943
Archaeolithothamnium hemchandrae n. sp. Rao 1943
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Melobesia assamica n. sp. Rao 1943
Lithothamnium malthi n. sp. Rao 1943
Lithothamnium pecki n. sp. Rao 1943
"Lithothamnium cf. moretii" = Lithothamnium moreti Lemoine 1927 | |
| Chlorophyceae | |
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Dactylopora sp. Lamarck 1838 | |