Well 6, Bengal Basin: Lutetian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Jodotella sloveniaensis
Humane et al. 2010
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
Humane et al. 2010
Cymopolia inflataramosa
Humane et al. 2010
Cymopolia mayaenese
Humane et al. 2010
Cymopolia paronai
Humane et al. 2010
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Humane et al. 2010
Dissocladella sp. Pia 1936
Humane et al. 2010
Dissocladella lunata
Humane et al. 2010
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Terquemella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913
Humane et al. 2010
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina socanensis
Humane et al. 2010
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
Humane et al. 2010
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Mesophyllaceae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon sp. (Rothpletz 1891)
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:West Bengal
Coordinates: 22.2° North, 88.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.8° South, 78.5° 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
Formation:Sylhet Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Postgraduate Department of Geology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur
Metadata
Database number:215254
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Modifier:K. Hassell Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2020-11-04 12:42:37 Last modified:2020-11-05 12:55:30
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-04 12:42:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74246. S. N. Chaurpagar, S. K. Humane, P. Kundal and S.S. Humane. 2012. Paleoenvironmental implications of the non-geniculate Coralline algae from the Middle Eocene Sylhet Limestone, Bengal Basin. ONGC Bulletin 47(2):50-69 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]

Secondary references:

74263 S. K. Humane, S. N. Chaurpagar, S. S. Humane and P. Kundal. 2010. Dasycladalean algae and their depositional environments in the Sylhet Limestone Formation (lower-middle Eocene), Bengal Basin. Journal Geological Society of India 76:75-85 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]