Where: Kutch, India (23.6° N, 68.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 61.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Berwali series
Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: A. Sahni and V.P. Mishra. 1972. A new species of Protocetus (Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene of Kutch, western India. Palaeontology 15(3):490-495 [W. Clyde/L. Gannon/W. Clyde]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 43029: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Leah Gannon on 09.08.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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"Protocetus sloani n. sp." = Andrewsiphius sloani
"Protocetus sloani n. sp." = Andrewsiphius sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale partial skull and jaw fragments
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Reptilia | |
Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle turtle carapace fragments are similar in texture to Aspideretes
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