Nangia: Aquitanian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Domningia sodhae n. gen., n. sp.
Thewissen and Bajpai 2009
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Kutch |
| Coordinates: | 23.4° North, 68.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.8° North, 67.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Khari Nadi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: near the top of the exposed section; sandstone overlies a sandstone rich in Turritella and oysters | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: yellow sandstone | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 95769 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-04-27 08:40:43 | Last modified: | 2010-04-27 11:40:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-04-27 08:40:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32532. | J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. A new Miocene sirenian from Kutch, India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):7-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |