Where: India (21.6° N, 74.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 68.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Amravati Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• "The limestone has yielded a rich fauna of foraminifera and ostracods including Discocyclina cf. D. sowerbyi, D. cf. D. javana, and Nummulites sp." According to Mukhopadhyay (2005), D. sowerbyi and D. javana belong to the Turborotalia cerroazulensis s. l. (sensu lato) Zone (=P17 Zone).

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey of India

Primary reference: M. V. A. Sastry and U. B. Mathur. 1968. Nautiloid Aturia from Eocene of Western India. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):240-242 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172987: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 06.09.2015

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