Also known as 58 D/9, B.1
Where: India (9.0° N, 76.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 72.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quilon Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Quilon Limestone, which overlie unconformably Archean granites, and are regionally overlain by the Late Miocene Wakalay beds. THICKNESS: From 1-1.25 ft thick limestone within section of about 40 ft thick. AGE: Early MIocene based on multiple sources, including ostracod biostratigraphy (Khosla and Nagori, 1989) and vertebrate (Sahni and Mitra, 1980). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From entire formation, which is found at the base of this section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, gray, yellow, blue, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Presumably BMNH.
Primary reference: F. E. Eames. 1950. On the ages of certain Upper Tertiary beds of Peninsula India and Ceylon. Geological Magazine 87:233-252 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77654: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.01.2008, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula warsarensis nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis Martin 1899 conch | |
Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839 volute | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Siphonaperta mediterranensis, Siphonaperta agglutinans, Pseudotriloculina consobrina, Pseudotriloculina inflata, Pseudotriloculina cf. microdonq, Pseudotriloculina cf. philippinesis, Pseudotriloculina reversa, Pseudomassilina sp., Varidentella cf. pseudocostata, Triloculina affinis, Triloculina terquemiana, Cycloforina cf. dorsicostata, Cycloforina contorta, Cycloforina reticulata, Quinqueloculina cuvierana, Quinqueloculina cf. transylvaniae, Quinqueloculina vulgaris, Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana, Sigmoilopsis minuta, Articulina alticostata
Siphonaperta agglutinans d'Orbigny 1839
Pseudomassilina sp. Lacroix 1938
Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Lachlanella sp. Karrer 1868 | |
Foraminifera | |
Angulogerina cf. angulosa Williamson 1848 | |
Textularia cf. aegyptica, Textularia pseudogramen, Textularia mariae, Clavulina nodosaria, Clavulina angularis
Clavulina nodosaria d'Orbigny 1839
Clavulina angularis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Sagrinella sp. Saidova 1975 | |
Asterigerina carinata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Glandulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina), "Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939 | |
Globigerina eamesi, Globigerina leroyi, Globigerina cf. officinalis, Globigerina senilis, Globigerina praebulloides, Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis, Globigerinoides primordius, Globigerinoides parawoodi, Globigerinoides cf. subsacculifer, Globigerinoides subquadratus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides altiaperturus, Globigerinella regularis
Globigerina praebulloides Blow 1959
Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932
Globigerinoides subquadratus Broennimann 1954
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides altiaperturus Boli 1957 | |
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma Wezel 1966 | |
Globothalamea | |
Neoconorbina terquemi Rzehaq 1888 | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |