Jaffna Limestone Formation
63 distinct taxa, from 95 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 23–14 Mya.
Puttalam · LK
63 taxa · 95 fossils · 23–14 MyaLoading coastlines…
5 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus
- Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum
- Cetacea
- Pachycrommium oweni
- Spiroclypeus
- Spondylus
- Tectus loryi
- Amusium
- Antigona puerpera granosa
- Carcharhinus
- Chlamys
- Hyotissa virleti
- Luria (Basilitrona) jenkinsi
- Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella
- Mimachlamys senatoria
- Montlivaltia brevis
- Trachycardium
- Venericardia
- Xenophora
- Aetobatus
- Agaronia pupa
- Alveolinella
- Anadara
- Atrina
- Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci
- Cheilostomata
- Clypeaster
- Diodon
- Discors triforme
- Flabellum
- Galeocerdo cuvier
- Gastrochaenolites torpedo
- Gastrochaenolites turbinatus
- Geoemyda striata
- Glyphis gangeticus
- Hemipristis serra
- Hydnophora rudis
- Isurus oxyrinchus
- Labrodon
- Labrodon angustidentatus
The 40 most often recorded, of 63.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.