Eocene Vertebrates from SW Kutch: Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Nuclana sp.
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Gonus sp.
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Nummelites actus
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Rotaliidae
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Lockhartia sp.
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Reptilia
- Crocodylomorpha
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? Crocodilus sp.
(Laurenti 1768)
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= Crocodylomorpha indet.
Hay 1930
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus kutchensis n. sp.
Tandon 1971
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| nomen dubium belonging to Crocodylomorpha | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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? Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Unicardium sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula subexarata
d'Archaic and Haime 1854
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| recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix (Callista) yawensis
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| original and current combination Callista | |||||||
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Meretrix sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Nautilidae indet.
de Blainville 1825
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytheridae
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Paijenborchella sp.
Kingma 1948
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiidae
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Bairdia sp.
M'Coy 1844
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Cytherellidae
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Cytherelloidea barkhanensis
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | S.W. Kutch |
| Coordinates: | 23.5° North, 68.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.3° North, 62.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Leutetian |
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,yellow claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | red or brown "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13521 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, M. Clapham, J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Finarelli, M. Clapham, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Finarelli | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-04-11 08:29:36 | Last modified: | 2002-04-11 11:29:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-04-11 08:29:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6123. | 5% 39160 | K. K. Tandon. 1971. On the discovery of mammalian and reptilian remains from the middle Eocene rocks of S.W. Kutch, India. Current Science 40(16):436-437 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 29343 | J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 27487 | M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |