Where: Tibet, China (28.7° N, 87.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 0.8° S, 85.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: 4-5 Member (Zhepure Shan Formation), Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: Z. Zhou, H. Willems, and B. Zhang. 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 215950: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909 |