PGD-8 (109.0 m): Early/Lower Miocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. kayalensis Dey 1961
C category
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
R category
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
C category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica rodatzi Schepman 1900
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]