Bholaganj Quarry, Therria, 13994: Bartonian - Priabonian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon afonense (Maslov 1956)
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Hapalidiaceae
Melobesioideae informal indet. Bizzozero 1885
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Meghalaya County:Therria
Coordinates: 25.0° North, 91.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° North, 84.0° East
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian - Priabonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sylhet Limestone Formation:Prang
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Richly fossiliferous limestone with large Discocyclinids and Nummulitids
Environment:slope/ramp reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Lucknow University Geology Department (LUGD)
Metadata
Database number:214710
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2020-10-13 13:38:20 Last modified:2020-10-13 13:38:20
Access level:the public Released:2020-10-13 13:38:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74096. 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]