PGD-8 (109.0 m): Early/Lower Miocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia cf. kayalensis
Dey 1961
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C category | ||||||
Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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R category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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C category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica rodatzi
Schepman 1900
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C category | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 23.5° North, 87.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 14.7° North, 85.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | PGD-8 | Local bed: | 109.0 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit, unconformably overlying Pre-Cambrian basement rocks. THICKNESS: From horizon within bore of at least 168.0 m thickness. AGE: Early Miocene STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From depth of 109.0 m. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,white poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: White to dull clayey sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified on the basis of preparation description. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Near shore shallow marine environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably the authors, S. Bera, M, Manerjee, and T. Lahiri. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, but possibly the Palaeobotony and Palynology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited lists, but probably exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves given material available. NOMENCLATURE: Taxa poorly constrained, most identified to genus resolution. |
Metadata
Database number: | 72179 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-05-26 15:11:26 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-05-26 15:11:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24409. | S. Bera, M. Banerjee, and T. C. Lahiri. 1996. Tertiary molluscs from the western margin of Bengal Basin, India, with special reference to biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 41:145-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |