Intertrappean Fauna, Rajamundry Area (Eocene of India)
Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (17.0° N, 81.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° S, 69.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified claystone
• microfaunal evidence points to the dposition of Unit II in a nearshore, epineritic environment with open-sea connections
• limestone, hard, fine-grained, with clay intercalations
Primary reference: S. N. Bhalla. 1974. On the Occurrence of Eotrionodon in the Eocene of Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the Geologocial Society of India 15(3):335-337 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46388: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 12.01.2005, edited by Bethany Allen
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Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Foraminifera | |
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Nodosariata | |
Foraminifera | |
"Globorotalia (Turborotalia) cf. centralis" = Turborotalia cerroazulensis
"Globorotalia (Turborotalia) cf. centralis" = Turborotalia cerroazulensis Cole 1928 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides reinholdi Ten Dam 1944 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Acetabularia sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 |