Cherrapunji-Shilong Road- 87/CH-SHLG/2 (Paleocene to of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.3° N, 91.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 80.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lakadong Limestone Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; wackestone and packstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Jauhri. 1994. Carbonate buildup in the Lakadong Formation of the South Shillong Plateau, NE India: A micropaleontological perspective . In R. Matteucci (ed.), Studies on ecology and paleoecology of benthic communities 2:157-169 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215021: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 27.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae