Gamba F16 (Paleocene to of China)

Where: Tibet, China (28.3° N, 88.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 76.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Zongpu Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: Z. Zhicheng, H. Willems, and Z. Binggao. 1997. Marine Cretaceous-Paleogene biofacies and ichnofacies in southern Tibet, China, and their sedimentary significance . Marine Micropaleontology 32:3-29 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina sp., Ranikothalia sp.
Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
Miscellanea sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp.
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp., Distichoplax biserialis
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Furcoporella sp., Dissocladella sp.
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Trinocladus sp.
Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922