KW - Kankawati River, Vinjhan [Chasra Fm]: Burdigalian, India
collected by Harzhauser et al 2008
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Clypeaster sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus cognatus
(Sowerby 1840)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Phasianella aff. variegata
Lamarck 1822
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium pseudocorrugatum
d'Orbigny 1852
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum | |||||||
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Cerithium rude
Sowerby 1840
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3 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Haustator tauroperturritus
Sacco 1895
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Turritella assimilis
Sowerby 1840
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Turritella kachhensis
(Vredenburg 1928)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia carlei
(Finlay 1927)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Cernina carlei | |||||||
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Pachycrommium harrisi
(Pannekoek 1936)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica obscura
Sowerby 1840
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Hemipolygona sp.
Rovereto 1889
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pugilina eulactea
(Dey 1961)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula spuria
(Hedley 1922)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula gajensis
(Vredenburg 1925)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia pupa
(Sowerby 1840)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella affinis
(Sowerby 1839)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa
(Sowerby 1839)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Athleta (Volutospina) dentata
(Sowerby 1839)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Persististrombus depertitus
(Sowerby 1840)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Varicospira subrimosa
(d'Orbigny 1852)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio decipiens
(Reeve 1844)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Gyrineum bituberculare
(Lamarck 1816)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pectinidae indet.
Wilkes 1810
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Placunidae
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Placuna sp.
Lightfoot 1786
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta sp.
Jukes-Browne 1914
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus sp.
Guettard 1770
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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unclassified
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Thalassinoides sp.
Ehrenberg 1944
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Geography
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 23.1° North, 69.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 68.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chasra | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chasra Fm, , which regionall overlies the Khari Nadi Fm (Late Oligocene). AGE: Burdigalian, on the basis of foraminiferal and macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 6 m high section, which includes a succession of siltstones, claystones, and sandstones, with 0.5-1.0 m thick intercalated sandy shell concentrations. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Intercalated sandy shell concentrations, in siltstones, claystones, and sandstones. LITHIFICATION: | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NHMW | ||
| Collectors: | Harzhauser et al | Collection dates: | 2008 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: M. Harzhauser and colleagues, c. 2007-2008. REPOSITORY: NHMW, Vienna. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods; few bivalves mentioned. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 111230 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-22 07:15:21 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-22 07:15:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36478. | M. Harzhauser, M. Euter, W. E. Piller, B. Berning, A. Kroh and O. Mandic. 2009. Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:333-372 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |