Aramda Reef, Dwarka-Okha, Unit 3: Late/Upper Pleistocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Foraminifera indet. Eichwald 1830
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Porolithon sp.
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon sp. (Rothpletz 1891)
original and current combination Archaeolithothamnium
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium obelicus
Pandey et al. 2003
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cf. dombeyi
Pandey et al. 2003
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus 1758
Pandey et al. 2003
recombined as Mauritia arabica
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Pandey et al. 2003
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo intercostalis Menke 1829
Pandey et al. 2003
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha uranouchiensis Ishizaki 1968
Pandey et al. 2003
Loxoconcha stellifera Mueller 1894
Pandey et al. 2003
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Radimella virgata Hu 1979
Pandey et al. 2003
Loxocorniculum mutsuense Ishizaki 1971
Pandey et al. 2003
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Brachyura indet. (Latreille 1802)
original and current combination Brachyuri
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
recombined as Dipsastraea speciosa
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Gujarat
Coordinates: 23.3° North, 71.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.3° North, 71.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chaya
Local section:Dwarka-Okha Local bed:3
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, Radiocarbon ages are 41.2 and 18.3 ka
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: bafflestone
Lithology description: coral bafflestone with algal debris, 30 cm thick, dominantly made up of rhodoliths
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: low to moderate energy conditions
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3544
Database number:80600
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Girndt, M. Krause
Modifier:A. Girndt Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-29 04:24:52 Last modified:2008-04-29 08:05:07
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27116. P. Kundal and A. P. Dharashivkar. 2005. Record of rhodoliths from Aramda Reef Member (Late Pleistocene to Holocene) of Chaya Formation, Dwarka-Okha area, Gujarat and their paleoenvironmental significance. Current Science 88(10):1684-1689 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]

Secondary references:

57558 D. K. Pandey, U. B. Mathur, R. Singh and T. Bahadur. 2003. Late Pleistocene Coral-Algal Sediments of Chaya Formation of Mithapur area, Jamnagar, Gujarat. Journal Geological Society of India 61:195-201 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]