Mangrol Lignite Mine (Eocene of India)

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
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015 clam
Caestocorbula gigantica Roy and Mukherjee 2017 clam