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
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Phyllites grewioides n. sp.
Phyllites grewioides n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Nipadites sp.
Nipadites sp. Bowerbank 1840 palm
 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
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nelumbium sp.
Nelumbium sp. Jussieu 1789 water lily
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp.
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Trema garoensis n. sp.
Trema garoensis n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955 hemp
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacites orientalis n. sp., Eriodendron sp.
Bombacites orientalis n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955
Eriodendron sp. de Candolle 1824
 Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Vatica sp., Shorea burmindica n. sp.
Vatica sp. Linnaeus 1771
Shorea burmindica n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Grewia argentioides n. sp., Grewia garoensis n. sp., Grewia foxii n. sp., Grewia archaeocolumnaris n. sp.
Grewia argentioides n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
Grewia garoensis n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952
Grewia foxii n. sp. Lakhanpal 1955
Grewia archaeocolumnaris n. sp. Lakhanpal 1952