Where: Meghalaya, India (25.3° N, 90.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 88.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chengapara Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, micaceous, gray siltstone and poorly lithified, micaceous, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: U.K. Mishra, K. Shankar, and R.S. Patil. 1996. Biostratigraphy of the Post Kopili Sediments of Garo Hills, Meghalaya. Journal of the Geological Society of India 48(1):93-100 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46493: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 14.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam | |
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Apolymetis sp. Salisbury 1929 tellin clam | |
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Trisidos sp. Ršding 1798 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti, Turritella sp.
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti Vredenburg 1928 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Siphonalia (Kellatia) sp. Adams 1863 true whelk | |
"Oliva (cf. Stephena) australis" = Oliva (Strephona) australis
"Oliva (cf. Stephena) australis" = Oliva (Strephona) australis Duclos 1835 olive snail | |
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell | |
"Terebra (Duplicaria) sp." = Duplicaria, "Terebra (Myurella) reticulata" = Myurella reticulata, "Terebra (Myurella) cf. reticulata" = Myurella reticulata
"Terebra (Duplicaria) sp." = Duplicaria Dall 1908 auger snail
"Terebra (Myurella) reticulata" = Myurella reticulata Sowerby 1840 auger snail
"Terebra (Myurella) cf. reticulata" = Myurella reticulata Sowerby 1840 auger snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Sedentaria | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Protula sp. Risso 1826 |