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
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
| Rhodophyceae | |
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Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924 | |
| Florideophyceae | |
Jania occidentalis, Distichoplax biserialis, Spongites sp., Lithoporella sp., Mesophyllum cf. pfenderae, Lithothamnion sp., Sporolithon sp., Sporolithon aschersoni
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Mesophyllum cf. pfenderae Lemoine 1928
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Sporolithon aschersoni Schwager 1883 | |
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Polystrata sp. Pfender 1936 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927 | |
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Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944 | |
| Ulvophyceae | |
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Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |