Kulra Fm, Kutch (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 62.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Fulra Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: slope; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Department of Geology, Nagpur University, Nagpur- 440001

Primary reference: P. Kundal and S. K. Humane. 2007. Stratigraphic, paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental significance of Mesophyllum, a nongeniculate coralline alga from western Kachchh (middle Eocene to Oligocene), India. In D. K. Siha (ed.), Micropaleontology: Application in stratigraphy and paleoceanography 145-154 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215219: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 03.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Anthrocardia indica1 Kundal and Humane 2002
Calliarthron antiquum1 Johnson 1957
Jania vetus2 Johnson 1957
Jania sripadaraoi2 Kundal and Humane 2006
Jania mayei2 Johnson 1964
Mesophyllum contii Ishijima 1954