Badlands east of Karai village: Cenomanian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesiculosa
(Sowerby 1822)
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recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 11.1° North, 78.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 47.9° South, 42.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Karai |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | WAM |
Metadata
Database number: | 228378 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2022-12-03 11:34:30 | Last modified: | 2022-12-03 11:34:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-12-03 11:34:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
83222. | G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak. 2007. Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) bivalves from the Karai Formation, Uttattur Group, of the Cauvery Basin, south India. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 72:1-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |