Satpautia Local, Unit 2, Baripada Beds (Miocene of India)

Where: Orissa, India (21.9° N, 86.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 85.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, brown, yellow, sandy limestone

• Yellow to yellowish-brown arenaceous, generally hard, compact, fossiliferous

Primary reference: S. N. Bhalla and P. Dev. 1988. Paleoecology of Baripada beds (Middle Miocene), East Coast of India. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 21(2):141-153 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46360: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 11.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon laticaudus
Scoliodon laticaudus requiem shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis aquitanicus
Pristis aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871 sawfish
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Ammonia annectens, Ammonia cf. beccarii, Ammonia indica, Asterorotalia trispinosa
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina cf. incisa, Quinqueloculina cf. yeguaensis
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Orbulina suturalis
Orbulina suturalis Broennimann 1951
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Cibicidina sp.
Cibicidina sp. Bandy 1949
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion advenum, Nonion aff. laeve
Nonion aff. laeve
var. marginatum
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Planulina sastryi n. sp.
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis vesicularis
Discorbis vesicularis Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium cf. hughesi, Elphidium ludbrookae n. sp.
Elphidium cf. hughesi
var. forminosum