Um Sohryngkew River, Tharia (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Umsohryngkew, Wahrew River, Therriaghat

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 70.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langpar Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 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 224615: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
  -
cf. Pediastrum sp.
cf. Pediastrum sp. Meyen 1829
Birbalipites pseudodrimys
  -
Birbalipites pseudodrimys n. gen. n. sp.
Birbalipites pseudodrimys n. gen. n. sp. Biswas 1962
Monocolpopites
  -
Monocolpopites sp.
Monocolpopites sp. Biswas 1962
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindaceaepites dubia n. gen. n. sp.
Sapindaceaepites dubia n. gen. n. sp. Biswas 1962 soapberry
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamneaepites minuta n. gen. n. sp.
Rhamneaepites minuta n. gen. n. sp. Biswas 1962 buckthorn
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceaepites rarispina n. sp.
Nymphaeaceaepites rarispina n. sp. Biswas 1962 water lily
 Alismatales - Alismataceae
Alismataceaepites rogalskae n. gen. n. sp.
Alismataceaepites rogalskae n. gen. n. sp. Biswas 1962
"Umsohryngkew River Section"
 Coniferales -
Coniferaepites sp.
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
Dicksoniaceaesporites sp.
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites macrocostatus
Cicatricosisporites macrocostatus Baksi 1962
previously identified as "? Cicatricosisporites sp."
 Life -
Fromea acambra n. sp., Baltisphaeridium sp.
Fromea acambra n. sp. Sah et al. 1970 acritarchs
Baltisphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1958 acritarchs
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium subtile
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Ascodinium cf. scabrosum
Ascodinium cf. scabrosum Cookson and Hughes 1964
  -
Apteodinium sp.
Apteodinium sp. Eisenack 1958
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Canningia sp.
Canningia sp. Cookson and Eisenack 1960
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Oligosphaeridium cephalum n. sp., Achomosphaera sp., Achomosphaera convexa n. sp., Achomosphaera valianta n. sp., Achomosphaera globulata n. sp., Achomosphaera cambra n. sp., Achomosphaera robusta n. sp., Achomosphaera delicata n. sp., Achomosphaera operculata n. sp., Leptodinium ovum n. sp.
Oligosphaeridium cephalum n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera sp. Evitt 1963
Achomosphaera convexa n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera valianta n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera globulata n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera cambra n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera robusta n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera delicata n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera operculata n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Leptodinium ovum n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Hystrichosphaeridium sp., Hystrichosphaeridium assamicum n. sp., Hystrichosphaeridium transculentum n. sp., Hystrichosphaeridium robustum n. sp.
Hystrichosphaeridium sp. Deflandre 1936
Hystrichosphaeridium assamicum n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Hystrichosphaeridium transculentum n. sp. Sah et al. 1970
Hystrichosphaeridium robustum n. sp. Sah et al. 1970