Gamba D11 (Paleocene to of China)

Where: Tibet, China (28.3° N, 88.5° 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 215940: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae "indet." Lamouroux 1816
Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae