Therria village 86/Lkd/DR1 (Paleocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 13.4° S, 87.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: SBZ 3-4 other zone, Lakadong Formation (Sylhet Limestone Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Hard, compact limestone rich in larger benthic foraminifera

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Luchnow University Geology Department (LUGD)

Primary reference: K. Mirsa, A. K. Jauhri, S. Kishore and S. K. Singh. 2002. Calcareous algae from the Lakadong Formation of the South Shillong Plateau, NE India. Revue Paleobiologie 21(2):717-734 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214673: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 12.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Melobesioideae "indet" Bizzozero 1885
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943