Surat-Broach Ostracods (Miocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (21.3° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 71.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collected by S. R. N. Rao in 1937-1941

Primary reference: S. B. Bhatia and N. K. Mandwal. 1960. Burdigalian Ostracoda from the Surat-Broach area, western India. Journal of Paleontology 34(2):280-284 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93899: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
? Cytheromorpha sp. Hirschmann 1909 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Cytherura sp. ostracod
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
"Aurilla cicatricosa" = Aurila, Hermanites aff. haidingeri
"Aurilla cicatricosa" = Aurila ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
 Podocopida - Thaerocytheridae
? Bradleya sp. Hornibrook 1952 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod