Also known as 58 D/9, B.1
Where: India (9.0° N, 76.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 1.9° S, 74.6° E (Wright 2013)
• 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 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Sigmoilopsis minuta, Quinqueloculina cuvierana, Quinqueloculina cf. transylvaniae, Quinqueloculina vulgaris, Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana, Cycloforina cf. dorsicostata, Cycloforina contorta, Cycloforina reticulata, Articulina alticostata, Siphonaperta mediterranensis, Siphonaperta agglutinans, Pseudotriloculina consobrina, Pseudotriloculina inflata, Pseudotriloculina cf. microdonq, Pseudotriloculina cf. philippinesis, Pseudotriloculina reversa, Pseudomassilina sp., Triloculina affinis, Triloculina terquemiana, Varidentella cf. pseudocostata
Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana d'Orbigny 1846
Siphonaperta agglutinans d'Orbigny 1839
Pseudomassilina sp. Lacroix 1938 | |
Lachlanella sp. Karrer 1868 | |
Foraminifera | |
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939 | |
Sagrinella sp. Saidova 1975 | |
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina), "Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina chavarana" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Glandulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Asterigerina carinata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma
"Paragloborotalia acrostoma" = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) acrostoma Wezel 1966 | |
Globigerinoides cf. subsacculifer, Globigerinoides altiaperturus, Globigerinoides primordius, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides subquadratus, Globigerinoides parawoodi, Globigerinella regularis, Globigerina leroyi, Globigerina senilis, Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis, "Globigerina praebulloides" = Globigerina (Globigerina) praebulloides, "Globigerina eamesi" = Globigerina (Globigerina) eamesi, Globigerina cf. officinalis
Globigerinoides altiaperturus Bolli 1957
Globigerinoides primordius Blow and Banner 1962
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides subquadratus Broenniman and Todd 1954
Globigerinoides parawoodi Keller 1981
Globigerina cf. ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932
"Globigerina praebulloides" = Globigerina (Globigerina) praebulloides Blow 1959
"Globigerina eamesi" = Globigerina (Globigerina) eamesi Blow 1959
Globigerina cf. officinalis Subbotina 1953 | |
Globothalamea | |
Neoconorbina terquemi Rzehaq 1888 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia cf. aegyptica, Textularia pseudogramen, Textularia mariae, Clavulina angularis, Clavulina nodosaria
Clavulina angularis d'Orbigny 1826
Clavulina nodosaria d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Angulogerina cf. angulosa Williamson 1848 | |
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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula warsarensis nut clam | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |