Where: Tamil Nadu, India (10.8° N, 78.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 58.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Niniyur Formation (Niniyur Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; white marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. K. Ghosh, B. N. Jana, and P. K. Maihy. 1997. Significance of calcareous algae across the Cretaceous-Tertiary sequence of Cauvery Basin in Tiruchirapalli district, Tamil Nadu. Palaeobotanist 46(1-2):161-167 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215196: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 02.11.2020, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
Sporolithon torulosum, Sporolithon lycoperdioides, Sporolithon provinciale, "Archaeolithothamnium lugeoni" = Sporolithon lugeonii
"Archaeolithothamnium lugeoni" = Sporolithon lugeonii Pfender 1926 | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Neomeria sp. Hu and Tao 1996 stone crab | |
| Indopolia satyavanti | |
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Indopolia satyavanti Pia 1936 | |
| Chlorophyceae | |
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Acetabularia sp. Lamouroux 1812
Clypeina sahnii Varma 1952 | |
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Terquemella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913 | |
Dissocladella sp., Dissocladella undulata, Dissocladella savitriae, Piania niniyurensis n. gen. n. sp., Orioporella malaviae
Dissocladella sp. Pia 1936
Dissocladella savitriae Pia 1936
Piania niniyurensis n. gen. n. sp. Gowda 1959
Orioporella malaviae Pia 1936 | |