Where: Tibet, China (28.7° N, 87.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 74.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: 1-2 Member (Zhepure Shan Formation), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: Z. Zhicheng, H. Willems, and Z. Binggao. 1997. Marine Cretaceous-Paleogene biofacies and ichnofacies in southern Tibet, China, and their sedimentary significance . Marine Micropaleontology 32:3-29 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215947: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845 | |
Anthozoa | |
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenomeris sp. Douvillé 1924 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897 | |
Corallina sp., Amphiroa sp., Archaeolithothamnium sp., Lithophyllum sp., "Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba
Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 |