Also known as Reef 3544

Where: Gujarat, India (23.3° N, 71.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 71.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chaya Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Late Pleistocene-Holocene, Radiocarbon ages are 41.2 and 18.3 ka

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Kundal and A. P. Dharashivkar. 2005. Record of rhodoliths from Aramda Reef Member (Late Pleistocene to Holocene) of Chaya Formation, Dwarka-Okha area, Gujarat and their paleoenvironmental significance. Current Science 88(10):1684-1689 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80601: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 29.04.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause

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