Where: Kerala, India (12.0° N, 75.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 72.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Warkalli Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
Primary reference: G. P. Srivastava, M. Shukla, P. Kumar, M. Kumar, and A. Prakash. 2006. Record of pillbug (Armadillidium) and millipede (Polyxenus) remains from the resin lumps of Warkalli Formation (upper Tertiary), Kerala coast. Journal of the Geological Society of India 67:715-719 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184505: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Armadillidium payangadensis n. sp.
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Myriapoda | |
Polyxenus miocenica n. sp.
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