Jhadwa Jh/11/3347 (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.5° N, 68.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 62.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: P13-14, NP 17 other zone, Fulra Limestone Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; limestone

• massive to thickly bedded, white and buff coloured foraminiferal limestone with intercalations of marls. Foraminiferal faunas include species of Nummulites, Discocyclina and Alveolina

•in great abundance, along with rich assemblages of smaller benthic and planktic foraminifera.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. K. Singh, S. Kishore, P. K. A. K. Mirsa Jauhri and Anjali Gupta. 2010. Middle Eocene calcareous algae from the southwestern Kachchh, Gujarat. Journal Geological Society of India 75:749-759 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215401: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 10.11.2020

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Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Melobesioideae "indet."
Melobesioideae "indet." Bizzozero 1885