Where: Megahlaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 78.9° E)
When: SBZ 3-4 other zone, Lakadong Limestone Member (Lakadong Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone and packstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Luchnow University Geology Department (LUGD)
Primary reference: A. K. Jauhri, P. K. Mirsa, S. Kishore and S. K. Singh. 2006. Larger foraminiferal and calcareous algal facies in the Lakadong Formation of the south Shillong Plateau, NE India. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 51(2):51-61 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214608: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 11.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
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Sporolithon aschersoni Schwager 1883 | |
? Neogoniolithon sp., Corallina prisca, Jania occidentalis, ? Lithophyllum sp., Distichoplax biserialis
? Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Corallina prisca Johnson 1957
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
? Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927 | |
|
Melobesioideae "indet." Bizzozero 1885 | |
| Tubothalamea | |
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Miliolida "indet." Lankester 1885 | |
| Indopolia satyavanti | |
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Indopolia satyavanti Pia 1936 | |
| Ulvophyceae | |
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Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816 | |