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Bryozoan Fauna from the Burdigalian of Quilon Beds of Padappakara, Kerala, India

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This communication includes the description of sixteen species of cheilostome Bryozoa from the lower Miocene (Burdigalian) of Quilon beds of Padappakara, Kerala, India. Four out of these species are newly indexed. They are Skylonia malabarica, Vincularia taylori, Adeonellopsis keralaensis and Stylopoma warkhalensis. The species in these rocks are reported for the first time. These species are Nellia tenella, Tretosina sp.1, Tretosina sp. 2., Steginoporella cf. vicksburgia, Cosciniopsis sp., Adeona articulata, Adeona sp., Adeonellopsis sp., ?Emballotheca sp., Stylopoma aff. magniovicellata, ?Petraliella sp. and Anoteropora magnicapitata. Majority of them are tropical to subtropical, warm water species. Affinities with Indo-Pacific and Atlantic bryozoan faunas are discussed. Palaeoecological analysis of zoarial growth forms indicate moderate to high sedimentation rate and deposition in the inner shelf environment.

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The authors thanks Dr. P.D. Taylor, NHMUK, London, and Dr. D. P. Gordon, NIWA, Wellington for their useful suggestions and critical comments and for providing literature. The authors further thank Dr. Kamil Zàgoršek, National Museum, Prague for his remarks on some identification. Financial assistance for this work received from the DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi (SERC Project No.ESS/CA/A3-05/91) and in the form of Senior Research fellowship obtained from CSIR, New Delhi to the first author are gratefully acknowledged.

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Sonar, M.A., Badve, R.M. Bryozoan Fauna from the Burdigalian of Quilon Beds of Padappakara, Kerala, India. J Geol Soc India 93, 583–593 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-019-1220-y

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