Also known as Reef 3544
Where: Gujarat, India (23.3° N, 71.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 71.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chaya Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Late Pleistocene-Holocene, Radiocarbon ages are 41.2 and 18.3 ka
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; bafflestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Kundal and A. P. Dharashivkar. 2005. Record of rhodoliths from Aramda Reef Member (Late Pleistocene to Holocene) of Chaya Formation, Dwarka-Okha area, Gujarat and their paleoenvironmental significance. Current Science 88(10):1684-1689 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80600: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 29.04.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Florideophyceae | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837 | |
Anthozoa | |
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
"Turbo intercostalis" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Turbo intercostalis" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Cerithium obelicus cerith snail | |
"Cypraea arabica" = Mauritia arabica
"Cypraea arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Natica cf. dombeyi moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Malacostraca | |
Brachyura indet. Latreille 1802 crab | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Ostracoda | |
Loxoconcha uranouchiensis Ishizaki 1968 ostracod
Loxoconcha stellifera Mueller 1894 ostracod | |
Loxocorniculum mutsuense Ishizaki 1971 ostracod
Radimella virgata Hu 1979 ostracod |