Fossil group
Assilina exponens
Foraminifera · Paleocene – Eocene
Flat, coin-shaped larger foraminifera closely related to Nummulites, with a loosely-coiled, often ribbed test. They lived on warm Eocene carbonate shelves and, alongside Nummulites and Alveolina, help zone the early Paleogene.
A broad fossil group rather than a single taxon — the units below record it among their fauna or flora.
Recorded in these units
5- Kharan Formation Early to Middle Eocene (Ypresian-Lutetian; ~56-41.0 Ma) Cenozoic
- Kohat Formation Middle Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian; ~46.66-38.54 Ma) Cenozoic
- Margala Hill Limestone Early Eocene (Ypresian) Cenozoic
- Saindak Formation Eocene (Ypresian-Priabonian; ~56-33.9 Ma) Cenozoic
- Shekhan Formation Early Eocene (Ypresian) Cenozoic
Found alongside
33Other fossils recorded in the same units.
AlveolinaAlveolina oblongaAlveolina vredenburgiAssilina cancellataAssilina dandoticaAssilina daviesiAssilina ellipticaAssilina granulosaAssilina laminosaAssilina papillataAssilina spinosaCoralsDiscocyclina dispensaDiscocyclina fortsiDiscocyclina ranikotensisEchinoidsEchinolampas nummuliticaFasciolites oblongaFlosculina globosaGastropodsLinderina brugesiLituonella douvilleiLockhartia conditiLockhartia tipperiMiliolidsNummulitesNummulites atacicusNummulites beaumontiNummulites mamillatusOperculinaOpertorbitolites douvilleiOrbitolites complanatusVelates perversus