PGD-6 (84.5 m): Pleistocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sipho sp.
R category
spelled with current rank as Trophon (Sipho)
see common names

Geography
Country:India
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 87.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.0° North, 87.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:PGD-6 Local bed:84.50 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit, unconformably overlying Pre-Cambrian basement rocks. THICKNESS: From horizon within bore of at least 225.5 m thickness. AGE: ?Pleistocene STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From depth of 84.50 m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,white poorly lithified argillaceous mudstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silvery grey mudstone and marl. LITHIFICATION: Poorly on the basis of preparation description.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Near shore shallow marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably the authors, S. Bera, M, Manerjee, and T. Lahiri. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, but possibly the Palaeobotony and Palynology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited lists, but probably exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves given material available. NOMENCLATURE: Taxa poorly constrained, most identified to genus resolution.
Metadata
Database number:72159
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-26 14:27:11 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-05-26 14:27:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24409. S. Bera, M. Banerjee, and T. C. Lahiri. 1996. Tertiary molluscs from the western margin of Bengal Basin, India, with special reference to biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 41:145-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]