Bassein Fm, C2 (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 215227: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 03.11.2020
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Lithothamnion giammarinoi Fravega et al. 1993 | |