Also known as 58 D/9, B.1
Where: India (9.0° N, 76.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 72.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quilon Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Quilon Limestone, which overlie unconformably Archean granites, and are regionally overlain by the Late Miocene Wakalay beds. THICKNESS: From 1-1.25 ft thick limestone within section of about 40 ft thick. AGE: Early MIocene based on multiple sources, including ostracod biostratigraphy (Khosla and Nagori, 1989) and vertebrate (Sahni and Mitra, 1980). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From entire formation, which is found at the base of this section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, gray, yellow, blue, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Presumably BMNH.
Primary reference: F. E. Eames. 1950. On the ages of certain Upper Tertiary beds of Peninsula India and Ceylon. Geological Magazine 87:233-252 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77654: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.01.2008, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula warsarensis nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839 volute | |
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis Martin 1899 conch | |
Foraminifera | |
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma Wezel 1966 | |
Globigerinoides primordius, Globigerinoides parawoodi, Globigerinoides cf. subsacculifer, Globigerinoides altiaperturus, Globigerinoides subquadratus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinella regularis, Globigerina eamesi, Globigerina leroyi, Globigerina cf. officinalis, Globigerina senilis, Globigerina praebulloides, Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis
Globigerinoides altiaperturus Boli 1957
Globigerinoides subquadratus Broennimann 1954
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerina praebulloides Blow 1959
Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932 | |
Angulogerina cf. angulosa Williamson 1848 | |
Clavulina nodosaria, Clavulina angularis, Textularia cf. aegyptica, Textularia pseudogramen, Textularia mariae
Clavulina nodosaria d'Orbigny 1839
Clavulina angularis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Glandulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Asterigerina carinata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939 | |
Sagrinella sp. Saidova 1975 | |
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina), "Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Cycloforina cf. dorsicostata, Cycloforina contorta, Cycloforina reticulata, Quinqueloculina cuvierana, Quinqueloculina cf. transylvaniae, Quinqueloculina vulgaris, Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana, Triloculina affinis, Triloculina terquemiana, Pseudomassilina sp., Pseudotriloculina consobrina, Pseudotriloculina inflata, Pseudotriloculina cf. microdonq, Pseudotriloculina cf. philippinesis, Pseudotriloculina reversa, Varidentella cf. pseudocostata, Sigmoilopsis minuta, Siphonaperta mediterranensis, Siphonaperta agglutinans, Articulina alticostata
Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana d'Orbigny 1846
Pseudomassilina sp. Lacroix 1938
Siphonaperta agglutinans d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Lachlanella sp. Karrer 1868 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Neoconorbina terquemi Rzehaq 1888 | |
Foraminifera | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |