Where: West Bengal, India (22.9° N, 87.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 78.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Sylhet Limestone Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Micropaleontology Laboratory, Postgraduate Department of Geology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur
Primary reference: S. N. Chaurpagar, S. K. Humane, P. Kundal and S. S. Humane. 2009. The geniculate coralline algae from the Sylhet Limestone Formation (early-middle Eocene), Bengal Basin, India: paleonvironmental implications . Gondwana Geology Magazine 24(2):137-145 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215231: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 03.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
Arthrocardia sp., "Jania mengaudi" = Arthrocardia mengaudii, Jania sp., Jania vetus, Jania occidentalis, Amphiroa sp.
Arthrocardia sp. Decaisne 1842
"Jania mengaudi" = Arthrocardia mengaudii Lemoine 1934
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Jania vetus Johnson 1957
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812 | |