Kutch: Burdigalian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Clathrus gajensis (Vredenburg 1928)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus granti (Sowerby 1840)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira kachhensis (Vredenburg 1925)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Terebellum obtusum Sowerby 1840
Tibia protofusus (Vredenburg 1928)
Persististrombus depertitus (Sowerby 1840)
Strombus sedanensis Martin 1899
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Varicospira subrimosa (d'Orbigny 1852)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Chrysame sowerbyi (d'Orbigny 1852)
Nebularia subscrobiculata (d'Orbigny 1852)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia pupa (Sowerby 1840)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva indica (Vredenburg 1925)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius kachhensis
Nassaria granosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus nodulosus
Clavellofusus cf. fennemai (Martin 1906)
Hemipolygona informal nov. sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena cornuta (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Galeodes cornutus
Melongena lainei (Basterot 1825)
Pugilina eulactea (Dey 1961)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula spuria (Hedley 1922)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus (Sowerby 1839)
Conus (Lithoconus) brevis (Sowerby 1840)
Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis (Martin 1895)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Myurella reticulata (Sowerby 1840)
Myurella katchhensis (Vredenburg 1925)
Myurella aiyengari (Dey 1961)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Hemipleurotoma virginoides
synonym of Gemmula
Hemipleurotoma bonneti (Cossmann 1900)
Gemmula gajensis (Vredenburg 1925)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella affinis (Sowerby 1839)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricopsis exhexagonus Vredenburg 1925
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa (Sowerby 1839)
Athleta (Volutospina) dentata (Sowerby 1839)
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus kachhensis (Vredenburg 1925)
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio decipiens (Reeve 1844)
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis sculpta (Sowerby 1839)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Apollon morrisi (d'Archiac 1854)
Gyrineum bituberculare (Lamarck 1816)
Biplex perca
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea humerosa Sowerby 1839
recombined as Barycypraea humerosa
Cypraea prunum Sowerby 1839
recombined as Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum
Cypraea nasuta Sowerby 1839
recombined as Erronea (Gratiadusta) nasuta
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum aquensis (Recluz 1843)
Sinum aquensis praecedens
Natica obscura Sowerby 1840
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponyx narica
corrected as Hipponix
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica affinis (Sowerby 1840)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Aliculastrum protocylindrica (Vredenburg 1925)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander javanus (Martin 1879)
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Gujarat
Coordinates: 23.4° North, 68.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.1° North, 68.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chasra
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty claystone
Secondary lithology: argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: Silty shales and impure Limestones
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:179086
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Created:2016-05-27 16:32:59 Last modified:2016-05-27 16:32:59
Access level:the public Released:2016-05-27 16:32:59
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]