First Report of Coralline Red Algae in the Late Palaeocene Lakadong Limestones of Mawsynram Area, Meghalaya

This paper reports for the first time nine species belonging to eight genera of coralline red algae from the Late Palaeocene Lakadong Limestone Member of Sylhet Limestone Formation of Mawsynram area of Meghalaya in Northeastern India. The reported species are Mesophyllum meghalayensis, Lithoporella melobesioides, Jania occidentalis, Distichoplax biserialis, Distichoplax raoi,dissocladella lakadongensis, Archaeolithothamnium sp , Corallina grandis, Amphiroa sp.