Where: Tamil Nadu, India (11.1° N, 78.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 23.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• The ammonites of Terani indicate an Upper Neocomian (Barremian) age
Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone and sandy claystone
•2.00 m thick"
•lowest bed noted in sucession
Primary reference: V.D. Mamgain, M.V.A. Sastry, and J.V. Subbaraman. 1973. Report of Ammonites from Gondwana Plant Beds at Terani, Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu. Journal of the Geological Society of India 14(2):198-200 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46314: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 10.01.2005
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Taxonomic list
Ptilophyllum cutchense Morris 1840 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gymnoplites cf. simplex ammonite | |
Pascoeites cf. crassus ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam |