Cheropadi Limestone, Bryazoa and associated: Burdigalian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Stigmatoechos striatus
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Candidae
? Bactrellaria cheropadiensis
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
Nellia kutchensis Tewari and Srivastava 1967
Nummulitidae
Operculina sp.
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Taberina malabarica Carter 1853
Archaias kirkukensis
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Austrotrillinidae
Austrotrillina howchini
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Gujarat
Coordinates: 23.3° North, 69.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.9° North, 68.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.44 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sandy shelly limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:46295
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:P. Wall
Modifier:P. Wall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-01-10 09:39:42 Last modified:2005-01-10 11:39:42
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-10 09:39:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12340. B. S. Tewari and I.P. Srivastava. 1967. On Some Fossil Bryozoa From India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 8:18-28 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]