Satpautia Local, Unit 2, Baripada Beds: Middle Miocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rotaliidae
Ammonia annectens
Ammonia cf. beccarii
Ammonia indica
Asterorotalia trispinosa
Globigerinidae
Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann 1951
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina cf. incisa
Quinqueloculina cf. yeguaensis
Elphidiidae
Elphidium cf. hughesi
var. forminosum
Elphidium ludbrookae n. sp.
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion advenum
Nonion aff. laeve
var. marginatum
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Cibicidina sp. Bandy 1949
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis vesicularis Lamarck 1804
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Planulina sastryi n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon laticaudus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Orissa
Coordinates: 21.9° North, 86.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.6° North, 85.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,yellow lithified sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Yellow to yellowish-brown arenaceous, generally hard, compact, fossiliferous
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:46360
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:P. Wall
Modifier:P. Wall Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology,vertebrate
Created:2005-01-11 08:52:32 Last modified:2005-01-11 10:52:51
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-11 08:52:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12352. S. N. Bhalla and P. Dev. 1988. Paleoecology of Baripada beds (Middle Miocene), East Coast of India. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 21(2):141-153 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]