Tura Biostrat III - Tura-Dalu road section (Miocene of India)

Where: Meghalaya, India (25.3° N, 90.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 88.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chengapara Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, micaceous, gray siltstone and poorly lithified, micaceous, argillaceous sandstone

• Agrillaceous sequence in association with very fine grained non-feldspathic micaceous sandstones, siltstones. Siltstone is generally micaceous with streaks of bluish clay, horizontally laminated

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U.K. Mishra, K. Shankar, and R.S. Patil. 1996. Biostratigraphy of the Post Kopili Sediments of Garo Hills, Meghalaya. Journal of the Geological Society of India 48(1):93-100 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46493: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 14.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti, Turritella sp.
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti Vredenburg 1928 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (cf. Stephena) australis" = Oliva (Strephona) australis
"Oliva (cf. Stephena) australis" = Oliva (Strephona) australis Duclos 1835 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Siphonalia (Kellatia) sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Duplicaria) sp." = Duplicaria, "Terebra (Myurella) reticulata" = Myurella reticulata, "Terebra (Myurella) cf. reticulata" = Myurella reticulata
"Terebra (Duplicaria) sp." = Duplicaria Dall 1908 auger snail
"Terebra (Myurella) reticulata" = Myurella reticulata Sowerby 1840 auger snail
"Terebra (Myurella) cf. reticulata" = Myurella reticulata Sowerby 1840 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Trisidos sp. Ršding 1798 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Apolymetis sp. Salisbury 1929 tellin clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Protula sp. Risso 1826