Where: India (11.2° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° S, 36.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Albian? Probably mixed Karai and Kulakkalnattam Formations
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the WAM
Primary reference: G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak. 2007. Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) bivalves from the Karai Formation, Uttattur Group, of the Cauvery Basin, south India. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 72:1-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 228377: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.12.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa
"Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster |