Gamba F17: Selandian - Thanetian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae sp. Ehrenberg 1839
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Orbitolites sp.
Opertorbitolites sp.
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Hapalidiaceae
Melobesioideae informal indet. Bizzozero 1885
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae informal indet. Kutzing 1843
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Tibet
Coordinates: 28.3° North, 88.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.8° South, 76.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zongpu
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:215937
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Created:2020-11-30 17:34:34 Last modified:2020-11-30 17:34:34
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-30 17:34:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

74577. 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]