Where: Gujarat, India (21.3° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 63.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cambay Shale Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• All specimens are reposited in the Department of Geology, Durgapur Government College, Durgapur, WB, India.
Primary reference: P. Roy and P. Mukherjee. 2017. Corbulid (Bivalvia) species from the Palaeogene Mangrol Lignite Mine of Surat, Gujarat. Journal of the Geological Society of India 89(3):315-320more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 236215: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Sayoni Banerjee on 17.09.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015 clam
Caestocorbula gigantica Roy and Mukherjee 2017 clam |