Where: India (22.0° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° N, 70.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Okha Shell Limestone Member (Chaya Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Okha Shell Limestone Member of Chaya Fm, which conformably overlies the Adatiana Fm (Middle Pleistocene) and is conformably overlain by the Aramda Reef Mbr of the Chaya Fm (Late Pleistocene). AGE: Chaya Fm is Late Pleistocene-Late Holocene, but Okha Shell Limestone Mbr being the lowermost unit is assigned here to a Late Pleistocene age. Age assignment based on combination of C and U/Th dates (numerous authors cited). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From several beds near base of the Okha Shell Limestone, which is the lowermost unit of the formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, conglomeratic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Pandey, Bahadur, Mathur

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORs: Unknown, probably Pandey, Bahadur, and Mathur. REPOSITORY: Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, India.

Primary reference: D. K. Pandey, T. Bahadur, and U. B. Mathur. 2007. Stratigraphic distribution and depositional environment of the Chaya Formation along the northwestern coast of Saurashtra Peninsula, western India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 69:1215-1230 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76318: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.11.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause

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