Kunnam corals, southern India (Cretaceous of India)

Where: India (11.2° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 43.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kunnam Member (Karai Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

• Fine-graines argillaceous-calcareous sandstones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Löser and M. Mohanti. 2004. A Cenomanian coral assemblage from southern India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2004(10):577-594 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50104: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia icaunensis
Montlivaltia icaunensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Rennensismilia cf. inflexa
Rennensismilia cf. inflexa Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea grandiflora, "Isastrea minima" = Latiastrea minima
Dimorphastrea grandiflora d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Isastrea minima" = Latiastrea minima Koby 1885 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia pomeli" = Montastrea pomeli
"Phyllocoenia pomeli" = Montastrea pomeli Peron and Thomas 1893 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Adelocoenia desori" = Cryptocoenia desori
"Adelocoenia desori" = Cryptocoenia desori Koby 1895 stony coral