Periyakhrichchi Mines (Paleocene of India)
Where: Tamil Nadu, India (11.3° N, 79.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 59.7° E)
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When: Ninniyur Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: P.K. Misra, A.K. Jauhri, A. Chowdhury and S. Kishore. 2001. Palaeocene Rhodophycean algae from the Ninniyur Formation of the Cauvery Basin southern India. Palaeobotanist 50:311-339 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221611: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 16.08.2021
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Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 |