Intertrappean Fauna, Rajamundry Area: Early/Lower Eocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Eotrigonodon aff. jonesi
Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina inaqualis
Buliminidae
Virgulina cf. dubia
Fissurina laevigate
Hedbergellidae
Globorotalia (Turborotalia) cf. centralis (Cushman and Bermúdez 1937)
synonym of Turborotalia cerroazulensis
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina decipiens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina sphaeruligera
Epistominella dubia
Discorbis toddae
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Protelphidium adamsi
Protelphidium duddukuruensis
Nonion kingi
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides reinholdi Ten Dam 1944
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Acetabularia sp. Lamouroux 1812
Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Lakhanpal et al. 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 17.0° North, 81.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.1° South, 69.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: limestone, hard, fine-grained, with clay intercalations
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: microfaunal evidence points to the dposition of Unit II in a nearshore, epineritic environment with open-sea connections
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:46388
Authorizer:L. Ivany, B. Allen Enterer:P. Wall, B. Allen
Modifier:P. Wall Research group:micropaleontology,vertebrate
Created:2005-01-12 09:23:15 Last modified:2005-01-12 11:23:16
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-12 09:23:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12362. 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]

Secondary references:

80975 R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]