Harudi FL/10/3341: Bartonian, 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 keenani
(Howe 1934)
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Gujarat | County: | SW Kachchh |
| Coordinates: | 23.5° North, 68.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° North, 62.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fulra Limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: massive to thickly bedded, white and buff coloured foraminiferal limestone with intercalations of marls. Foraminiferal faunas include species of Nummulites, Discocyclina and Alveolina in great abundance, along with rich assemblages of smaller benthic and planktic foraminifera. | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal ramp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 215382 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2020-11-10 12:55:50 | Last modified: | 2020-11-10 12:55:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-11-10 12:55:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 74311. | S. K. Singh, S. Kishore, P. K. A. K. Mirsa Jauhri and Anjali Gupta. 2010. Middle Eocene calcareous algae from the southwestern Kachchh, Gujarat. Journal Geological Society of India 75:749-759 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell] |