PBDB Collection

Pondicherry (Cretaceous of India)

Where: India (12.0° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 58.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pachydiscus neubergicus ammonoid zone, Valudavur Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, pebbly, white, yellow sandstone and lithified, concretionary, sandy claystone

• Divided into horizons A and B. Horizon A consists on white sands with nodules or concretions with burrows below, followed by yellow sands with gravel, and sandy clays with burrowed concretions. No body fossils were found. Horizon B included yellow and white sands with concretions and nodules, yeilding body fossils including bacilitids and an ammonite.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

• Revised on the basis of the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, notably those described by Forbes (1846).

Primary reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41428: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 14.07.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham and Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names

Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae	"Fungia filamentosa n. sp." = Cunnolites cancellata "Fungia filamentosa n. sp." = Cunnolites cancellata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	"Turbinolia arcotensis n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki "Turbinolia arcotensis n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae	"Cypraea (Epona) globulina n. sp." = Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis) globulina² "Cypraea (Epona) globulina n. sp." = Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis) globulina² Stoliczka 1867 cowry
Cephalopoda
Nautilida -	Nautilus delphinus n. sp. Nautilus delphinus n. sp. Forbes 1846
Nautilida - Nautilidae	"Nautilus ? laevigatus" = Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum, Nautilus sphaericus n. sp. "Nautilus ? laevigatus" = Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum d'Orbigny 1850 Nautilus sphaericus n. sp. Forbes 1846
Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae	Kitchinites pondicherryanus¹, "Ammonites diphylloides n. sp." = Desmophyllites diphylloides, "Ammonites rembda n. sp." = Hauericeras rembda, "Ammonites durga n. sp." = Hauericeras rembda Kitchinites pondicherryanus¹ Kossmat 1897 ammonite "Ammonites diphylloides n. sp." = Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites rembda n. sp." = Hauericeras rembda Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites durga n. sp." = Hauericeras rembda Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae	"Ammonites brahma n. sp." = Brahmaites (Brahmaites) brahma, "Ammonites vishnu n. sp." = Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) vishnu "Ammonites brahma n. sp." = Brahmaites (Brahmaites) brahma Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites vishnu n. sp." = Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) vishnu Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae	"Ammonites menu n. sp." = Menuites menu, "Ammonites soma n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) soma, "Ammonites egertoni n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni, "Ammonites ganesa n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni, "Ammonites chrishna n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus, "Ammonites yama n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) yama "Ammonites menu n. sp." = Menuites menu Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites soma n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) soma Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites egertoni n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites ganesa n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites chrishna n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Hauer 1858 ammonite "Ammonites yama n. sp." = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) yama Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	"Ammonites siva n. sp." = Sphenodiscus siva "Ammonites siva n. sp." = Sphenodiscus siva Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae	"Ammonites indra n. sp." = Pseudophyllites indra, "Ammonites garuda n. sp." = Pseudophyllites indra, "Ammonites varuna n. sp." = Zelandites varuna, Anagaudryceras valudavurense n. sp.¹, "Ammonites kayei n. sp." = Gaudryceras kayei, "Ammonites cala n. sp." = Saghalinites cala "Ammonites indra n. sp." = Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites garuda n. sp." = Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites varuna n. sp." = Zelandites varuna Forbes 1846 ammonite Anagaudryceras valudavurense n. sp.¹ Kossmat 1895 ammonite "Ammonites kayei n. sp." = Gaudryceras kayei Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites cala n. sp." = Saghalinites cala Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	"Ammonites indicus n. sp." = Hoploscaphites indicus, "Ammonites cunliffei n. sp." = Indoscaphites cunliffei, "Ammonites pavana n. sp." = Indoscaphites pavana "Ammonites indicus n. sp." = Hoploscaphites indicus Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites cunliffei n. sp." = Indoscaphites cunliffei Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites pavana n. sp." = Indoscaphites pavana Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae	"Ptychoceras sipho n. sp." = Phylloptychoceras sipho, "Hamites indicus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras indicum, "Hamites tenuisulcatus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum, "Hamites rugatus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras rugatum, "Hamites nereis n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras rugatum, "Hamites subcompressus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras subcompressum, "Hamites largesulcatus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum "Ptychoceras sipho n. sp." = Phylloptychoceras sipho Forbes 1846 ammonite "Hamites indicus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras indicum Forbes 1846 ammonite "Hamites tenuisulcatus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum Forbes 1846 ammonite "Hamites rugatus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras rugatum Forbes 1846 ammonite "Hamites nereis n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras rugatum Forbes 1846 ammonite "Hamites subcompressus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras subcompressum Forbes 1846 ammonite "Hamites largesulcatus n. sp." = Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	"Baculites teres n. sp." = Fresvillia teres, "Baculites vagina n. sp." = Eubaculites vagina "Baculites teres n. sp." = Fresvillia teres Forbes 1846 ammonite "Baculites vagina n. sp." = Eubaculites vagina Forbes 1846 ammonite
Ammonitida - Hamitidae	"Hamites" undulatus n. sp. "Hamites" undulatus n. sp. Forbes 1846 ammonite
Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae	Phyllopachyceras forbesianum n. sp.¹, "? Phylloceras decipiens" = Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) decipiens¹, "Ammonites nera n. sp." = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera, "Ammonites surya n. sp." = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Phyllopachyceras forbesianum n. sp.¹ d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite "? Phylloceras decipiens" = Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) decipiens¹ Kossmat 1895 ammonite "Ammonites nera n. sp." = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera Forbes 1846 ammonite "Ammonites surya n. sp." = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Forbes 1846 ammonite

¹Kennedy and Henderson 1992; ²Schilder 1941