Harudi, north 2.5 (Eocene of India)

Also known as Location 5

Where: Kutch, India (23.5° N, 68.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 61.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Harudi Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous shale

• An argillaceous unit with partings of thin to moderately thick layers of carbonate concretions in its lower part. A few mollusc-rich shell concentrations, which are persistent over a large area, occur in this part of the formation.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collected specimens are housed in the Department of Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata.

Primary reference: K. Halder and S. Bano. 2015. Cenozoic Corbulidae (Bivalvia, Mollusca) from the Indiansubcontinent—palaeobiogeography and revision of threespecies from Kutch, India. Saudi Society for Geosciences 8:2019-2034 [N. Heim/C. Lombardi/C. Lombardi]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210767: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Cole Lombardi on 18.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula gujaratensis, Bicorbula kutchensis
Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015 clam
Bicorbula kutchensis Halder and Bano 2015 clam