Babia Hills (Eocene of India)

Where: Kutch, India (23.5° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 61.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• late Lutetian (Ravikant & Bajpai, 2010)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gypsiferous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: P. P. Satsangi and P. K. Mukhopadhyay. 1975. New marine Eocene vertebrates from Kutch. Journal of the Geological Society of India 16(1):84-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45592: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritheriidae indet.1
Moeritheriidae indet.1 Andrews 1906 proboscidean
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
Babiacetus mishrai n. sp.2, Babiacetus indicus n. gen. n. sp.6, "Gaviacetus sahnii" = Kharodacetus sahnii2, Indocetus ramani3
Babiacetus mishrai n. sp.2 Bajpai and Thewissen 1998 whale
Babiacetus indicus n. gen. n. sp.6 Trivedy and Satsangi 1984 whale
"Gaviacetus sahnii" = Kharodacetus sahnii2 Bajpai and Thewissen 1998 whale
Indocetus ramani3 Sahni and Mishra 1975 whale
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Dalanistes ahmedi4, Kutchicetus minimus5, "Remingtonocetus sloani" = Andrewsiphius sloani2, "Andrewsiphius kutchensis" = Andrewsiphius sloani2
Dalanistes ahmedi4 Gingerich et al. 1995 whale
Kutchicetus minimus5 Bajpai and Thewissen 2000 whale
"Remingtonocetus sloani" = Andrewsiphius sloani2 Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale
"Andrewsiphius kutchensis" = Andrewsiphius sloani2 Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale
1Bajpai et al. 1989; 2Bajpai and Thewissen 1998; 3Bajpai and Thewissen 2014; 4Thewissen and Bajpai 2001; 5Thewissen and Bajpai 2009; 6Trivedy and Satsangi 1984