Gadhechi Hill (Pliocene of India)

Where: India (22.3° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 69.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kalyanpur Limestone Member (Dwarka Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• bioclastic limestones

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: P. Kundal and A. P. Dharashivkar. 2003. Nongeniculate Coralline Algae from Lower Pliocene to Late Pleistocene of Dwarka - Okha Area, Jamnagar, Gujarat. Bulletin of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146990: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion cardinellense Fravega et al. 1993
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral