Posts Tagged ‘Crassostrea’

An analysis on predatory signatures on Miocene oysters Of Crassostrea Sp.from east coast of southern India

Riffin T Sajeev* Department of Geology, Periyar University, Salem,INDIA .*riffin@rediffmail.com The eastern coast lines of southern India are rarely used to study its paleontological importance. Living oysters of Crassostrea Sp. are found throughout these coastal margins. Recent reports indicate the existence of a paleo-estuary dated to the mio-pliocene age, along the valleys of the southern […]

Chondrophore features on fossil specimens

PRESENCE OF MIOCENE OYSTERS: RISE AND FALL OF A PALEO-ESTUARY IN THE EAST COAST OF INDIA

Living oysters of Crassostrea Sp. are abundantly found on the east coast of peninsular India. Most of the living Crassostrea sp. is reported from Athankarai estuary near mandapam. The primary object of this study is to report the occurrence of fossils of Crassostrea sp. belonging to mio-pliocene outcrops from an ephemeral stream channel of Nambiyar/Thoppuvila […]