Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 78.7° E)
When: Lakadong Limestone Member (Sylhet Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; gray limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Repository unknown
Primary reference: K. Kalita and B. Gogoi. 2006. First report of coralline red algae in the late Paleocene Lakadong Limestones of Mawsynram area, Meghalaya. Journal Geological Society of India 68:779-783 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214602: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 11.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Archaeolithothamnium sp., Lithoporella melobesioides, Distichoplax raoi, Distichoplax biserialis, Amphiroa sp., Corallina sp., Jania occidentalis
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Biloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |