Aramda Reef, Dwarka-Okha, Unit 4: Late/Upper Pleistocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Porolithon sp.
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
unclassified
Foraminifera indet. Eichwald 1830
Rotalidium (Streblus) annectens
Pandey et al. 2003
Elphidiidae
Elphidium craticulatum
Pandey et al. 2003
Elphidium crispum
Pandey et al. 2003
Elphidium indicum
Pandey et al. 2003
Elphidium cf. advenum Cushman 1922
Pandey et al. 2003
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina seminulum
Pandey et al. 2003
Quinqueloculina tricarinata d'Orbigny 1839
Pandey et al. 2003
Charentiidae
Peneroplis planatus
Pandey et al. 2003
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella hentkeni
Pandey et al. 2003
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Gujarat
Coordinates: 23.3° North, 71.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.3° North, 71.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chaya
Local section:Dwarka-Okha Local bed:4
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, Radiocarbon ages are 41.2 and 18.3 ka
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: rudstone
Lithology description: mainly algal debris
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: high energy conditions with high turbulence
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3544
Database number:80601
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Girndt, M. Krause
Modifier:A. Girndt Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-29 04:39:06 Last modified:2008-04-29 08:05:41
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27116. P. Kundal and A. P. Dharashivkar. 2005. Record of rhodoliths from Aramda Reef Member (Late Pleistocene to Holocene) of Chaya Formation, Dwarka-Okha area, Gujarat and their paleoenvironmental significance. Current Science 88(10):1684-1689 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]

Secondary references:

57558 D. K. Pandey, U. B. Mathur, R. Singh and T. Bahadur. 2003. Late Pleistocene Coral-Algal Sediments of Chaya Formation of Mithapur area, Jamnagar, Gujarat. Journal Geological Society of India 61:195-201 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]