Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 78.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: SBZ 3-4 other zone, Lakadong Formation (Sylhet Limestone Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Luchnow University Geology Department (LUGD)
Primary reference: K. Mirsa, A. K. Jauhri, S. Kishore and S. K. Singh. 2002. Calcareous algae from the Lakadong Formation of the South Shillong Plateau, NE India. Revue Paleobiologie 21(2):717-734 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 216239: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
Corallina prisca Johnson 1957
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927 |