Tingri M21 (Paleocene to of China)

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
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Keramosphaeridae
Keramosphaera sp. Brady 1882