Kalol #E well [Kalol Fm]: Ypresian - Lutetian, India
collected by Govindan & Bhandari

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Bolivinopsis distinctus Govindan and Bhandari 1988
Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides aff. walteri (Grzybowski 1898)
Lituotubidae
Trochamminoides subtrullissatus
Trochamminidae
Trochammina indica Govindan and Bhandari 1988
Trochammina aff. stomata Grzybowski 1898
see common names

Geography
Country:India
Coordinates: 23.3° North, 72.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° North, 64.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kalol
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kalol Fm, which overlies the Cambay Fm (Late Paleocene-Early Eocene) and is overlain by the Tarapur Fm (Late Eocene). AGE: Early-Middle Eocene in text; here placed in Ypresian-Lutetian to avoid stratigraphic orphaning. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section; presumably representative for formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: From sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal lithofacies. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Govindan & Bhandari
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Govindan and A. Bhandari. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for arenaceous foraminifera. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:91368
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2009-09-16 13:52:54 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-16 13:52:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30743. A. Govindan and A. Bhandari. 1988. Eocene agglutinated foraminifera from the Cambay Basin, India and their paleoecological significance. Abh Geol B-A 41:81-95 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]