Minihagalkanda [Jaffna Limestone]: Burdigalian, Sri Lanka
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Staminocoenia plana
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Pheronemo sp.
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Nummulitidae
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Spiroclypeus orbitoideus
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Operculina sp.
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Soritidae
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Sorites sp.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum sp.
Lesson 1831
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Solenastrea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Montlivaltia brevis
Duncan 1867
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= "Montlivaltia" brevis
Duncan 1864
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Baron-Szabo 2006 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Hydnophora plana
Duncan 1864
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| synonym of Hydnophora rudis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus loryi
(d'Archaic and Haime 1853)
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Euspirocrommium oweni
(d'Archiac and Haime 1854)
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| recombined as Pachycrommium oweni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Lyncina) jenkinsi
(d'Archiac and Haime 1853)
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| recombined as Luria (Basilitrona) jenkinsi | ||||||||||
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Calliostocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum
(Sowerby 1839)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus spinosus
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| SUBSPECIES: Strombus spinosus minihagali | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sowerbyi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona puerpera
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Periglypta puerpera | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Antigona puerpera granosa | ||||||||||
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Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella
(Vredenburg 1928)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium picteti
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina (Atrina) pachyostraca
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea (Lopha) virleti
(Deshayes 1832)
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| recombined as Hyotissa virleti | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium subcorneum
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus waylandi
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
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Cheilostomata indet.
Busk 1859
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Geography
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates: | 6.4° North, 81.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.4° North, 81.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jaffna Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Jaffna Limestone, which unconformably overlies Precambrian basement, and is unconformably overlain by recent sand dunes and coral reefs, and Quaternary red earth. AGE: late Early Miocene (Burdigalian) on the basis of foraminifera. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,white,yellow lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Hard, partly crystalline, compact, indistinctly bedded creamy coloured rock. Massive in parts but some layers are richly fossiliferous. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, carbonate facies, probably adjacent to coral reef environments. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: Unknown repository, possibly Geological Survey Department, Sri Lanka or the National Museum of Sri Lanka. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, foraminifera, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature, and subgenus and species-resolution assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77477 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 77650 | ||
| Created: | 2008-01-13 16:53:11 | Last modified: | 2016-06-27 13:22:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-13 16:53:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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