Harudi (Eocene of India)

Also known as L.U. 2003, = Rato Nala

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

• Paleocoordinates: 2.7° N, 68.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Harudi Formation, Lutetian (48.1 - 41.0 Ma)

• Bartonian age from Gingerich et al., 2001.; late Lutetian age after Ravikant and Bajpai, 2010 contra Gingerich

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45590: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
[entered as Mylobatis sp.]
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp.
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius kutchensis
Arius kutchensis Ariid catfish
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Socnopaea horai n. sp.
Socnopaea horai n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975 naked catfish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
LUVP 11182, partial carapace (collection information based on the caption of the figure)
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
LUVP 11135 (premaxilla)
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritheriidae indet.
Moeritheriidae indet. Andrews 1906 proboscidean
 Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren sp.3
Protosiren sp.3 Abel 1904 sirenian
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eotheroides waghapadarensis n. sp.4, Eotheroides babiae n. sp.3, Eosiren sp.3
Eotheroides waghapadarensis n. sp.4 Das and Basu 1994 dugong
Eotheroides babiae n. sp.3 Bajpai et al. 2006 dugong
Eosiren sp.3 Andrews 1902 dugong
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
"Protocetus sloani" = Andrewsiphius sloani, "Andrewsiphius kutchensis" = Andrewsiphius sloani2, "Andrewsiphius minor n. gen. n. sp." = Andrewsiphius sloani, Remingtonocetus harudiensis2
"Protocetus sloani" = Andrewsiphius sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale
"Andrewsiphius kutchensis" = Andrewsiphius sloani2 Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale
"Andrewsiphius minor n. gen. n. sp." = Andrewsiphius sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale
Remingtonocetus harudiensis2 Sahni and Mishra 1975 whale
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
"Gaviacetus sahnii n. sp." = Kharodacetus sahnii2, Indocetus ramani n. gen. n. sp.
"Gaviacetus sahnii n. sp." = Kharodacetus sahnii2 Bajpai and Thewissen 1998 whale
Indocetus ramani n. gen. n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975 whale
1Alroy 2006; 2Bajpai and Thewissen 1998; 3Bajpai et al. 2006; 4Das and Basu 1994