Bholaganj Quarry, Therria, 13995 (Eocene to of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.0° N, 91.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 84.0° E)

When: Prang Formation (Sylhet Limestone Group), Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; limestone

• Richly fossiliferous limestone with large Discocyclinids and Nummulitids

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Lucknow University Geology Department (LUGD)

Primary reference: A. K. Ghosh and S. Sarkar. 2013. Palaeoecological implications of Corallinacean red algae and Halimedacean green algae from the Prang Formation of south Shillong Plateau, Meghalaya. Journal Geological Society of India 81:531-542 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214709: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 13.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda cylindracea
Halimeda cylindracea Decaisne 1842
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella melobesioides, Corallina kachchhensis, Jania occidentalis
Corallina kachchhensis Kundal and Humane 2003
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion ramosissimum
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891