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 | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Sigmoilopsis minuta, Siphonaperta mediterranensis, Siphonaperta agglutinans, Quinqueloculina cuvierana, Quinqueloculina cf. transylvaniae, Quinqueloculina vulgaris, Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana, Cycloforina cf. dorsicostata, Cycloforina contorta, Cycloforina reticulata, Pseudomassilina sp., Varidentella cf. pseudocostata, Pseudotriloculina consobrina, Pseudotriloculina inflata, Pseudotriloculina cf. microdonq, Pseudotriloculina cf. philippinesis, Pseudotriloculina reversa, Triloculina affinis, Triloculina terquemiana, Articulina alticostata
Siphonaperta agglutinans d'Orbigny 1839
Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana d'Orbigny 1846
Pseudomassilina sp. Lacroix 1938 | |
Lachlanella sp. Karrer 1868 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Neoconorbina terquemi Rzehaq 1888 | |
Foraminifera | |
Angulogerina cf. angulosa Williamson 1848 | |
Globigerinella regularis, Globigerinoides primordius, Globigerinoides parawoodi, Globigerinoides cf. subsacculifer, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides altiaperturus, Globigerinoides subquadratus, Globigerina eamesi, Globigerina leroyi, Globigerina cf. officinalis, Globigerina senilis, Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis, Globigerina praebulloides
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides altiaperturus Boli 1957
Globigerinoides subquadratus Broennimann 1954
Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932
Globigerina praebulloides Blow 1959 | |
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma Wezel 1966 | |
Clavulina nodosaria, Clavulina angularis, Textularia cf. aegyptica, Textularia pseudogramen, Textularia mariae
Clavulina nodosaria d'Orbigny 1839
Clavulina angularis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Asterigerina carinata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939 | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Glandulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina), "Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
Sagrinella sp. Saidova 1975 | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839 volute | |
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis Martin 1899 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula warsarensis nut clam | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |