Mawmluh (Paleocene to of India)

Where: Mehalaya, India (25.3° N, 91.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 80.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lakadong Limestone Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Borgohain, A. Borgohain, R. Buragohain, V. C. Tewari, and R. K. Ranjan. 2018. Microfossils, microfacies and depositional environment of the PAleocene-Eocene carbonates of the Shillong Plateau, Meghalaya, NE India. Jour. Ind. Geol. Cong 10(1):5-14 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216702: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 23.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Jania sp., Corallina sp., Distichoplax biserialis, Lithophyllum sp., Sporolithon sp.
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Assilina sp., Nummulites sp., Ranikothalia sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp.
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.