Bassein Fm, C1 (Eocene to of India)
Where: Maharashtra, India (18.9° N, 72.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 64.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bassein Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; wackestone and packstone
• Buff to light brown, highly porous limestone such as wackestone, packstone, biomicrite and peloid biosparite
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: P. Kundal, M. B. Bhagat, and M. P. Kundal. 2013. Coralline algae from the Bassein Formation (middle to late Eocene) of Mumbai offshore basin and its paleo environmental significance. ONGC Bulletin 48(5):15-34 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215226: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 03.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae | |
Mesophyllum sanctidionysii, Mesophyllum fructiferum, Lithothamnion moretti, Lithothamnion romosissimum
Mesophyllum sanctidionysii Lemoine 1939
Mesophyllum fructiferum Airoldi 1932
Lithothamnion romosissimum Reuss 1847 | |
Arthrocardia cretacica Postel 1904
Lithoporella minus Johnson 1964
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909 | |
Sporolithon myriosporum Johnson 1957
Sporolithon praeerythraeum Airoldi 1932
Sporolithon fosteri Johnson 1964 |