Therria Village Facies B (Eocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° S, 80.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: SBZ 5-6 other zone, Lakadong Limestone Member (Lakadong Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone and grainstone

• Packstone to grainstone/boundstone
• Thick, massive, algal-foraminiferal carbonaes

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Luchnow University Geology Department (LUGD)

Primary reference: A. K. Jauhri, P. K. Mirsa, S. Kishore and S. K. Singh. 2006. Larger foraminiferal and calcareous algal facies in the Lakadong Formation of the south Shillong Plateau, NE India. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 51(2):51-61 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214611: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 11.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulinella sp.
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Ranikothalia sp.
Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp., Mesophyllum cf. pfenderae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp., Jania occidentalis, Spongites sp., Polystrata sp., Distichoplax biserialis
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Polystrata sp. Pfender 1936
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp., Sporolithon aschersoni
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Sporolithon aschersoni Schwager 1883
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenomeris sp.
Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924