Where: Meghalaya, India (25.2° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° S, 80.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: SBZ 5-6 other zone, Lakadong Formation (Sylhet Limestone Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 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 216244: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Rhodophyceae | |
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Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924 | |
| Florideophyceae | |
Jania occidentalis, Distichoplax biserialis, Lithophyllum dentatyum, Lithoporella sp., Sporolithon aschersonii, Sporolithon sp.
Jania occidentalis Johnson and Kaska 1965
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |
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Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |
| Ulvophyceae | |
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Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |