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Damalgiri, W of Tura (Eocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.5° N, 90.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 81.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tura Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• "Kopili Stage" (Lakhanpur et al. 1976)

• 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 224709: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Phyllites
-	Phyllites grewioides n. sp. Phyllites grewioides n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
Angiospermae
Laurales - Lauraceae	Laurophyllum sp., Neolitsea sahnii n. sp. Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel Neolitsea sahnii n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955 laurel
Proteales - Nelumbonaceae	Nelumbo sp. Nelumbo sp. Adanson 1763 lotus
Arecales - Arecaceae	Nipadites sp. Nipadites sp. Bowerbank 1840 palm
Malvales - Bombacaceae	Eriodendron sp., Bombacites orientalis n. sp. Eriodendron sp. de Candolle 1824 Bombacites orientalis n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955
Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae	Vatica sp., Shorea burmindica n. sp. Vatica sp. Linnaeus 1771 Shorea burmindica n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
Malvales - Tiliaceae	Grewia garoensis n. sp., Grewia foxii n. sp., Grewia argentioides n. sp., Grewia archaeocolumnaris n. sp. Grewia garoensis n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952 Grewia foxii n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955 Grewia argentioides n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952 Grewia archaeocolumnaris n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
Rosales - Cannabaceae	Trema garoensis n. sp. Trema garoensis n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955 hemp
Rosales - Ulmaceae	Celtis sp. Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae	Nelumbium sp. Nelumbium sp. Jussieu 1789 water lily