Where: Andaman and Nicobar, India (10.6° N, 92.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 94.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: S. Kanjilal and M.S. Srinivasan. 2002. New Bivalves from the MIocene of Little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Geological Society of India 60(5):527-536 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46558: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 19.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Glycymeris (Glycymerita) gigantica n. sp. Kanjilal and Srinivasan 2002 clam | |
Trapezicardium laiensis n. gen. n. sp., Laevicardium (Laevicardium) sp.
Trapezicardium laiensis n. gen. n. sp. Kanjilal and Srinivasan 2002 cockle
Laevicardium (Laevicardium) sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
|
Periglypta (Periglypta) sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam | |
| Foraminifera | |
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, "Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii, Globorotalia siakensis
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii Parker et al. 1865
Globorotalia siakensis LeRoy 1939 | |
Globigerinoides extremes, "Neogloboquadrina continuosa" = Paragloborotalia continuosa
"Neogloboquadrina continuosa" = Paragloborotalia continuosa Blow 1959 | |
| Megalaevicardium hutbayensis | |
Laevicardium (Megalaevicardium) hutbayensis n. subgen. n. sp.
Laevicardium (Megalaevicardium) hutbayensis n. subgen. n. sp. Kanjilal and Srinivasan 2002 | |