Bholaganj Quarry, Therria, 13992: Bartonian - Priabonian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Sporolithon cf. gunteri
Johnson and Ferris 1948
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Corallina matansa
Johnson 1957
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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: | Therria |
Coordinates: | 25.0° North, 91.3° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 6.9° North, 84.0° East |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 | ||
Key time interval: | Bartonian - Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Sylhet Limestone | Formation: | Prang |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Lithology description: Richly fossiliferous limestone with large Discocyclinids and Nummulitids | |
Environment: | slope/ramp reef |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Lucknow University Geology Department (LUGD) |
Metadata
Database number: | 214712 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
Created: | 2020-10-13 13:41:00 | Last modified: | 2020-10-13 13:41:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-10-13 13:41:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
74096. | A. K. Ghosh and S. Sarkar. 2013. Palaeoecological implications of Corallinacean red algae and Halimedacean green algae from the Prang Formation of south Shillong Plateau, Meghalaya. Journal Geological Society of India 81:531-542 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell] |