Maniyara Fort, Bermoti Member, upper part: Chattian, India
collected by Harzhauser et al 2008

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sufflatus
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus sp. Agassiz 1847
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus sp. Guettard 1770
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
Lepidocyclinidae
Eulepidina dilatata
see common names

Geography
Country:India
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 68.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.6° North, 66.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Maniyara Fort Member:Bermoti
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: wackestone
Secondary lithology: rudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 90 cmthick dolomitic wackestone
Environment:shallow subtidal 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:152422
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-11-21 09:05:25 Last modified:2013-11-21 09:07:24
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-02-21 09:05:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49066. M. Reuter, W. E. Piller, M. Harzhauser and A. Kroh. 2013. Cyclone trends constrain monsoon variability during late Oligocene sea level highstands (Kachchh Basin, NW India). Climate of the Past (9)2101-2115 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]