Middle Prang Fm Pl 2: Lutetian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon lugeoni (Pfender 1926)
recombined as Sporolithon lugeonii
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Hapalidiaceae
Melobesioideae informal indet. 1 Bizzozero 1885
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Meghalaya County:Lumshnong
Coordinates: 25.2° North, 92.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° North, 82.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sylhet Limestone Formation:Prang
Stratigraphy comments: The study area is dated as middle-late Eocene on the basis of Pellatispira in the upper part of the Prang Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "limestone"
Lithology description: Rich fossiliferous, light to dark grey limestone with large nummulitids
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Paleontology laboratory, Department of geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (LUGD)
Metadata
Database number:214595
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Modifier:K. Hassell Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2020-10-10 14:25:00 Last modified:2020-10-13 12:21:38
Access level:the public Released:2020-10-10 14:25:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74061. P. K. Misra, A. K. Jauhri, R. P. Tiwari, S. Kishore, Ajay Pratap Singh and S. K. Singh. 2011. Coralline algae from the Prang Formation (middle-late Eocene) of the Lumshnong area, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Journal Geological Society of India 78:355-364 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]