Middle Prang Fm Pl 5: Lutetian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Hapalidiaceae
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Melobesioideae informal indet. 2
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Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Sporolithon lugeonii
(Pfender 1926)
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Discocyclinidae
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Discocyclina sp.
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | India | State/province: | Meghalaya | County: | Lumshnong |
Coordinates: | 25.2° North, 92.4° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 1.3° North, 82.9° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
Geological group: | Sylhet Limestone | Formation: | Prang | ||
Stratigraphy comments: The study area is dated as middle-late Eocene on the basis of Pellatispira in the upper part of the Prang Formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Rich fossiliferous, light to dark grey limestone with large nummulitids | |
Environment: | deep subtidal ramp |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Paleontology laboratory, Department of geology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (LUGD) |
Metadata
Database number: | 214700 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell |
Modifier: | K. Hassell | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
Created: | 2020-10-13 12:15:14 | Last modified: | 2020-10-13 12:22:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-10-13 12:15:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
74061. | P. K. Misra, A. K. Jauhri, R. P. Tiwari, S. Kishore, Ajay Pratap Singh and S. K. Singh. 2011. Coralline algae from the Prang Formation (middle-late Eocene) of the Lumshnong area, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Journal Geological Society of India 78:355-364 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell] |