Navania Limestone (Cretaceous to of India)
Where: Gujarat, India (22.6° N, 71.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° S, 45.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wadhwan Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone
• an argillaceous limestone weathering into white marly material
Primary reference: R. M. Badve. 1978. Occurrence of Pycnodonte (Phygraea) in the Navania Limestone, Wadhwan Formation, Saurashtra and its ecological significance. Journal of The Geological Society of India 19(4):171-173 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46396: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 12.01.2005
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Taxonomic list
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| Echinoidea | |
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Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pycnodonte (Phygraea) navaniaensis n. sp. oyster | |