MF/6/2301: Rupelian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon brevium Aguirre and Bragga 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Gujarat
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 68.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.9° North, 65.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Maniyara Fort
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:221543
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Modifier:K. Hassell
Created:2021-08-11 17:28:18 Last modified:2021-09-15 11:02:44
Access level:the public Released:2021-08-11 17:28:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

77613. S.K. Singh, S. Kishore, A.P. Singh, P.K. Misra, and A.K. Jauhri. 2009. Coralline algae from the Maniyara Fort Formation (lower Oligocene) of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 28(1):19-32 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]