Mukurmatia Local, Unit 3, Baripada Beds: Middle Miocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena obtusata
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurus savala
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus irregularis (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera raeburni White 1934
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus parvulus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon laticaudus
Carcharhinus maculipinnis
Carcharhinus frequens (Dames 1883)
Carcharhinus cf. egertoni Agassiz 1843
Hypoprion macloti
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes
Carchariolamna heroni
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus pagoda
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea papyracea
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea promensis Noetling 1901
recombined as Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Planulina sastryi n. sp.
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella sp. Cushman 1926
Protelphidium sp.
Nonion baripadaensis n. sp.
Nonion cf. microumbilicatus
Florilus scaphus
Bolivinidae
Bolivina cf. cuneiformis
Rotaliidae
Pararotalia sumatrana
Ammonia annectens
Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina cf. dubia
var. robusta
Elphidiidae
Elphidium koeboeense
Elphidium ludbrookae n. sp.
Elphidium aff. subincertum
Globigerinidae
Globigerina cf. quadrilobata
Buliminidae
Buliminella curta Cushman 1925
curta
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Orissa
Coordinates: 21.9° North, 86.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.6° North, 85.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,gray,green "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Grey to greyish-green finely laminated, splintry at places, fossiliferous
Environment:paralic indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:46365
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:P. Wall
Modifier:P. Wall Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology,vertebrate
Created:2005-01-11 10:01:51 Last modified:2005-01-11 12:01:52
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-11 10:01:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12352. S. N. Bhalla and P. Dev. 1988. Paleoecology of Baripada beds (Middle Miocene), East Coast of India. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 21(2):141-153 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]