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 | |
Foraminifera | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927 | |
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina), "Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939 | |
Asterigerina carinata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Sagrinella sp. Saidova 1975 | |
Glandulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globothalamea | |
Neoconorbina terquemi Rzehaq 1888 | |
Foraminifera | |
Angulogerina cf. angulosa Williamson 1848 | |
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma Wezel 1966 | |
Globigerinella regularis, Globigerinoides primordius, Globigerinoides parawoodi, Globigerinoides cf. subsacculifer, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides subquadratus, Globigerinoides altiaperturus, Globigerina eamesi, Globigerina leroyi, Globigerina cf. officinalis, Globigerina senilis, Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis, Globigerina praebulloides
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides subquadratus Broennimann 1954
Globigerinoides altiaperturus Boli 1957
Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932
Globigerina praebulloides Blow 1959 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Cycloforina cf. dorsicostata, Cycloforina contorta, Cycloforina reticulata, Quinqueloculina cuvierana, Quinqueloculina cf. transylvaniae, Quinqueloculina vulgaris, Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana, Pseudotriloculina consobrina, Pseudotriloculina inflata, Pseudotriloculina cf. microdonq, Pseudotriloculina cf. philippinesis, Pseudotriloculina reversa, Varidentella cf. pseudocostata, Triloculina affinis, Triloculina terquemiana, Pseudomassilina sp., Siphonaperta mediterranensis, Siphonaperta agglutinans, Sigmoilopsis minuta, Articulina alticostata
Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana d'Orbigny 1846
Pseudomassilina sp. Lacroix 1938
Siphonaperta agglutinans d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Lachlanella sp. Karrer 1868 | |
Foraminifera | |
Clavulina angularis, Clavulina nodosaria, Textularia cf. aegyptica, Textularia pseudogramen, Textularia mariae
Clavulina angularis d'Orbigny 1826
Clavulina nodosaria d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839 volute | |
Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis
"Strombus (Labiostrombus) sedanensis" = Strombus sedanensis Martin 1899 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula warsarensis nut clam | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |