Bassein Fm, B-2: Lutetian - Priabonian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Sporolithon aschersoni
(Schwager 1883)
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Maharashtra | County: | Mumbai |
| Coordinates: | 18.9° North, 72.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.9° North, 64.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian - Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bassein |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | wackestone |
| Secondary lithology: | packstone |
| Lithology description: Buff to light brown, highly porous limestone such as wackestone, packstone, biomicrite and peloid biosparite | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 215225 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2020-11-03 13:45:55 | Last modified: | 2020-11-03 13:45:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-11-03 13:45:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 74237. | P. Kundal, M. B. Bhagat, and M. P. Kundal. 2013. Coralline algae from the Bassein Formation (middle to late Eocene) of Mumbai offshore basin and its paleo environmental significance. ONGC Bulletin 48(5):15-34 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell] |