Where: Tibet, China (28.7° N, 87.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 75.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: 3-4 Member (Zhepure Shan 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 215949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Dissocladella sp. Pia 1936 | |
Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922 | |
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Keramosphaera sp. Brady 1882 |