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 216249: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Ulvophyceae | |
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Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
| Rhodophyceae | |
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Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924 | |
| Florideophyceae | |
Sporolithon aschersonii, Sporolithon sp., Mesophyllum pfenderae, Lithothamnion sp., Lithoporella sp., Distichoplax biserialis, Lithophyllum dentatum, Spongites sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Mesophyllum pfenderae Lemoine 1928
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841 | |
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Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |