Where: Gujarat, India (23.5° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 57.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Matanomadh Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray sandstone and green, silty claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. Chattopadhyay. 2004. New record of a coral-mollusca reefal community from the early tertiary of Kutch, Gujarat. Indian Minerals 58(3):169-182 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171803: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Alveopora aff. verrilliana Dana 1872 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Columastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea matanomadhensis Chattopadhyay 2004 stony coral | |
Favia madhuwalensis Chattopadhyay 2004 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Flemingostrea sp. Vredenburg 1916 oyster
Crassostrea anguasta oyster
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
? Pyrazus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
"Turritella cf. mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni, Turritella "sp. A"
"Turritella cf. mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni Conrad 1830 turret shell
Turritella "sp. A" Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bourguetia sp. Deshayes 1871 snail |