Vazhakala: Late/Upper Pleistocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora tuberculosa (Lamarck 1816)
Acropora formosa (Dana 1846)
synonym of Acropora muricata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea astreata (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
recombined as Dipsastraea pallida
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium rectum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca fusca Bruguiére 1792
recombined as Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys leopardus (Reeve 1853)
synonym of Annachlamys flabellatus
Chlamys lacteus
Chlamys gloriosus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Cardita bicolor
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax scortum
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua sp. Mühlfeld 1811
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo intercostalis Menke 1829
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella acutangula
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Polynices sp. (Monfort 1810)
original and current combination Polinices
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea ocellata Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Erosaria ocellata
Cypraea coellata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Xancus pyrum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Turbinella pyrum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia sp. Gray 1834
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Olivia sp.
spelled with current rank as Cancellaria (Olivia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Brachytoma crenularis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira sp. Conrad 1865
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Thais rugosa
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus marginatus
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Kerala
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 76.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.0° North, 76.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: >35000 YBP (14C)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:107971
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-04-19 17:42:25 Last modified:2011-04-19 03:42:25
Access level:the public Released:2011-04-19 17:42:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35875. C. S. G. Pillai, K. K. Appukuttan, and P. Kaladharan. 1999. Occurence of submerged Pleistocene stony corals and marine molluscs at Vazhakala near Cochin and their significance on sea level changes. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 28:96-98 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]