Nummulites-Rotularius membranipora zone [Subathu Fm]: Ypresian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
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Nummulites rotularis
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Nummulites burdigalensis
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SUBSPECIES: Nummulites burdigalensis burdigalensis | ||||||||||
Assilina plana
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Assilina aff. spinosa
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Miliolidae
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Miliolidae indet.
Ehrenberg 1839
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LISTED AS: miliolids | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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LISTED AS: corals | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Discors tewarii
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 77.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° North, 69.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Subathu | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From lowermost Subathu Formation, which is regionally overlain by the Dagshai Formation. AGE: Lower Cusian [=lower Ypresian], on the basis of large foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the Nummulites-Rotularius membranipora zone. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Varied lithologies, but dominantly shale. LITHIFICATION: Assumed lithified on the basis of facies descriptions. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably the author, although not explicitly stated. REPOSITORY: Wadia Institute of Himilayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to common and characteristic molluscs and foraminifera. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with species resolution identifications and reasonably modern nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 145442 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2013-06-03 01:19:54 | Last modified: | 2013-06-02 10:19:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-03 01:19:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
47013. | K. P. Juyal and N. S. Mathur. 1994. Nautilus deluci d'Archiac from the Upper part of the Subathu Formation (Ilerdian-early Lutetian), Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 39:81-86 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |