Resumen de Non-marine ostracoda from the subsurface of the Cambay Shale (Eocene) of Gujarat, India and their paleoecological significance
Non-marine ostracodes are reported from the silty shale layers of the Cambay Shale (Eocene, Gujarat State, India). Ten species have been recorded. Of these, Candona cambayensis, Cytheridella gujaratensis, Cytheridella govindani, Frambocythere colini, Frambocythere colini sub sp. tuberculata, Metacypris bhatiai and Theriosynoecum? danielopoli are new.
Seven ostracode zones are recognised in the Cambay Shale. The record of marine microfauna in the upper part of the lower Cambay Shale suggests shallow inner neritic environment. The overlying younger Cambay Shale has yielded non-marine ostracodes at several levels suggesting a liminic environment. The Cambay Shale in general was deposited in a fluctuating environment varying from brackish-shallow inner neritic water with intermittent freshwater conditions.
