Ostracodes from the Inter-trappean beds (Early Paleocene) of the east coast of India

Abstract

Twenty-seven ostracode species from the Inter-trappean beds (Paleocene) of Duddukuru, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India are recorded and/or described. Nine species -Cytheromorpha godavariensis, Cytherura duddukuruensis, Hapsicytheridea undulata, Krithe bhandarii, Paracandona andhraensis, Munseyella indica, Neomonoceratina paraoertlii, Semicytherura diluta, and uroleberis rasilis- are new. The identification of 6 species, previously described from the east coast of India, and also recorded in this work, are revised. The stratigraphic distribution, age and affinity and paleoecology of the ostracode fauna are also discussed.