Khuiala Fm: Mudh village (Eocene of India)

Where: Rajasthan, India (27.9° N, 72.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 65.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Khuiala Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Beds 1-4.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S.B. Bhatia and S.C. Khosla. 1978. Some lower Eocene Mollusca from Rajasthan. Recent researches in geology 4 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 46999: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 29.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Eovasum haimei d'Archiac and Haime 1854 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia sp., "? Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira), "Euspirocrommium oweni" = Pachycrommium oweni
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail
"? Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
"Euspirocrommium oweni" = Pachycrommium oweni d'Archiac and Haime 1854 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella pakistanica Eames 1952 true conch
Prestrombus rockei Cox 1931 true conch
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch
Lambis goniophora Bellardi 1852 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) sp. Swainson 1840 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) cf. safaedensis Eames 1952 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria sp. Gray 1847 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea sp. Link 1807 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia magnifica Eames 1951 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea (Liostrea) sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
Brachiodontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata d'Archaic and Haime 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium sp. Mühlfeld 1811 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama brimonti jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"? Macrocallista (Costacallista) punjabensis" = Costacallista, Pitar (Calpitaria) pseudosubcyrenoides, Dosinia rakhiensis
"? Macrocallista (Costacallista) punjabensis" = Costacallista venus clam
Dosinia rakhiensis venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
? Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium halaense, Trachycardium cotteri, "Nemocardium (Discors) bunburyi" = Discors
Trachycardium halaense d'Archaic and Haime 1854 cockle
Trachycardium cotteri Cox 1931 cockle
"Nemocardium (Discors) bunburyi" = Discors cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) dufrenoyi" = Glyptoactis, "Venericardia (Glyptoactis) sindensis" = Glyptoactis, "Venericardia (Glyptoactis) viquesneli" = Glyptoactis, "Venericardia mutabilis" = Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) dufrenoyi" = Glyptoactis clam
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) sindensis" = Glyptoactis clam
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) viquesneli" = Glyptoactis clam
"Venericardia mutabilis" = Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis d'Archaic and Haime 1954 clam