PGD-6 (85.0 m) (Pleistocene of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 87.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• 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 85.0 m.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, gray, white, argillaceous mudstone and poorly lithified marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Near shore shallow marine environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silvery grey mudstone and marl. LITHIFICATION: Poorly on the basis of preparation description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• 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.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72180: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited lists, but probably exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves given material available. NOMENCLATURE: Taxa poorly constrained, most identified to genus resolution.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam