Periyakhrichchi Mines: Danian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Corallinophycidae
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Sporolithon sp.
(Rothpletz 1891)
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates: | 11.3° North, 79.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° South, 69.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66 - 61.66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ninniyur |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 221611 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell |
| Created: | 2021-08-16 17:25:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-08-16 17:25:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77671. | P.K. Misra, A.K. Jauhri, A. Chowdhury and S. Kishore. 2001. Palaeocene Rhodophycean algae from the Ninniyur Formation of the Cauvery Basin southern India. Palaeobotanist 50:311-339 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell] |