Baratang Formation (Eocene to of India)

Where: Andaman Island, India (12.2° N, 92.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 97.4° E)

When: Baratang Formation (Port Blair Group), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, coarse-grained, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Repositiry: MACS (Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science)

Primary reference: R. M. Badve and P. Kundal. 1988. Distichoplax Pia from Baratang Island, Andaman, India. Biovigyanam 14(2):95-102 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214564: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 06.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927