Siropi Village-22 (Paleocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 92.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 79.4° E)

When: SBZ 4 zone, Lakadong Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; rudstone and bindstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Sarkar. 2015. Thanetian-Ilerdian coralline algae and benthic foraminifera from northeast India: microfacies analysis and new insights into the Tethyan perspective . Lethaia 48:13-28 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214942: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 23.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon aschersoni Schwager 1883
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida -
Miliolida "indet." Lankester 1885
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae