Iew Luri Lura Fossil Site

Iew Luri Lura Fossil Site is a natural fossil exposure located near Mawlyngbna village in East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya. The site preserves plant and marine fossils dating to the Cretaceous period, approximately 100 million years old, when the region was under sea. Notable for visible fossil imprints on rock surfaces in an open landscape, it is maintained as an outdoor geo-heritage site and visited with local guides for educational and nature-based tourism.

Visitors can expect an open-air rocky landscape near Mawlyngbna village with exposed rock surfaces bearing visible fossil imprints of leaves, shells and marine organisms. The site is in a rural, undulating terrain with grasslands and scattered rocks. There are no large built structures; exploration is on foot with a local guide who points out fossil-bearing rocks and explains their features. Photography and nature observation are the main visitor experiences.

The site preserves fossils dating to the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years ago, when the Mawlyngbna area was submerged under sea. The fossil-bearing rocks contain imprints of marine and plant life and are studied as evidence of the region's geological history and ancient marine environment.