Lakhpat (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.8° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 61.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• late Lutetian (Ravikant & Bajpai, 2010)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; mudstone

• The Harudi Formation exhibits a barrier coast environment with lagoons and tidal flats.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. New skeletal material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus, two Eocene cetaceans from India. Journal of Paleontology 83(5):635-663 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91427: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Kutchicetus minimus Bajpai and Thewissen 2000 whale
Andrewsiphius sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale