Gamba ZP14 (Paleocene to of China)

Where: Tibet, China (28.3° N, 88.7° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 76.6° 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 215943: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Indopolia
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Indopolia sp. Pia 1936
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922