Gamba F17 (Paleocene to of China)

Where: Tibet, China (28.3° N, 88.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 76.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Zongpu Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: Z. Zhicheng, H. Willems, and Z. Binggao. 1997. Marine Cretaceous-Paleogene biofacies and ichnofacies in southern Tibet, China, and their sedimentary significance . Marine Micropaleontology 32:3-29 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215937: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae "indet."
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp.
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae sp.
Rotaliidae sp. Ehrenberg 1839
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Orbitolites sp., Opertorbitolites sp.
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Melobesioideae "indet."
Melobesioideae "indet." Bizzozero 1885