Meghalaya, South Jaintia Hills, Prang Limestone Mbr.: Lutetian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Actinoporella sp.
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Spongitaceae
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion informal sp. 2
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon sp. (Rothpletz 1891)
see common names

Geography
Country:India
Coordinates: 25.4° North, 92.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° North, 82.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shella Member:Prang Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:149335
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-08-01 22:53:21 Last modified:2013-08-01 07:54:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-11-01 22:53:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47795. A. Sarma and A. K. Ghosh. 2006. A new record of calcareous algae from Shella Formation (Jaintia Group) of South Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India. Current Science 90(9) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]