Middle Prang Fm Pl 5 (Eocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 92.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 82.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Prang Formation (Sylhet Limestone Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• The study area is dated as middle-late Eocene on the basis of Pellatispira in the upper part of the Prang Formation.

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; gray limestone

• Rich fossiliferous, light to dark grey limestone with large nummulitids

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Paleontology laboratory, Department of geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (LUGD)

Primary reference: P. K. Misra, A. K. Jauhri, R. P. Tiwari, S. Kishore, Ajay Pratap Singh and S. K. Singh. 2011. Coralline algae from the Prang Formation (middle-late Eocene) of the Lumshnong area, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Journal Geological Society of India 78:355-364 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214700: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 13.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Melobesioideae "indet. 2"
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon lugeonii
Sporolithon lugeonii Pfender 1926