Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-1) (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (21.4° N, 73.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 63.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cambay Shale Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Situated about 4-5 m above Lignite seam 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Smith, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana, A. Folie, F. Solé, C. Noiret, T. Steeman, A. Sahni, and K. D. Rose. 2016. New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities. Geoscience Frontiers 7(6):969-1001 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180565: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.07.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp.
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
WIF/A 2339
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
WIF/A 2282, WIF/A 2283, WIF/A 2317, WIF/A 2338, GU/RSR/TAD 9552
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
WIF/A 2346
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Carettochelyidae indet.
Carettochelyidae indet. turtle
WIF/A 2347, WIF/A 4291-WIF/A 4294, WIF/A 4295, WIF/A 4296, WIF/A 4297 and GU/RSR/TAD 9563-9567
 Testudines -
Pelomedusoides indet.
Pelomedusoides indet. sideneck turtle
GU/RSR/TAD 9553, WIF/A 4288, WIF/A 4289 and WIF/A 4290
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
WIF/A 2354
 Neornithes -
Vastanavis sp.
Vastanavis sp. Mayr et al. 2007 bird
WIF/A 2353
Reptilia
 Loricata - Dyrosauridae
cf. Congosaurus sp.
cf. Congosaurus sp. Dollo 1914 crocodilian
GU/RSR/TAD 9511, GU/RSR/TAD 9512, GU/RSR/TAD 9514, GU/RSR/TAD 9516-9521, WIF/A 2265 and WIF/A 2355
 Squamata -
Procerophis sahnii
Procerophis sahnii Rage et al. 2008 snake
GU/RSR/TAD 9560
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet.
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
WIF/A 2274, WIF/A 2351, GU/RSR/TAD 9557
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis vastaniensis
Palaeophis vastaniensis Bajpai and Head 2008 snake
WIF/A 2348, GU/RSR/TAD 9554-GU/RSR/TAD 9555
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoiidae indet., Platyspondylophis tadkeshwarensis n. gen. n. sp.
Madtsoiidae indet. Hoffstetter 1961 snake
WIF/A 2315, GU/RSR/TAD 9504 and GU/RSR/TAD 9505
Platyspondylophis tadkeshwarensis n. gen. n. sp. Smith et al. 2016 snake
WIF/A 2272 - holotype; hypodigm: WIF/A 2269-WIF/A 2271, WIF/A 2273, GU/RSR/TAD 9503, GU/RSR/TAD 9506
 Squamata - Agamidae
Tinosaurus indicus
Tinosaurus indicus Prasad and Bajpai 2008 squamates
WIF/A 4286, WIF/A 2344, WIF/A 2345
Mammalia
 Tribosphenida -
Pahelia mysteriosa3
Pahelia mysteriosa3 Zack et al. 2019 placental
GU/RSR/TAD 9608
 Perissodactyla -
Cambaytherium gracilis
Cambaytherium gracilis Smith et al. 2016 odd-toed ungulate
GU/RSR/TAD 9555, WIF/A 2262, WIF/A 4207 and WIF/A 4208
 Primates - Notharctidae
cf. Asiadapis "unnamed sp. nov."2, Marcgodinotius indicus
cf. Asiadapis "unnamed sp. nov."2 Rose et al. 2007 primate
GU/RSR/TAD 9004
Marcgodinotius indicus Bajpai et al. 2005 primate
WIF/A 2334
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
cf. Meldimys sp.
cf. Meldimys sp. Michaux 1968 rodent
WIF/A 2331, WIF/A 2276 and WIF/A 2278
 Chiroptera -
Eochiroptera "indet. 1", Eochiroptera "indet. 2"
Eochiroptera "indet. 1" Van Valen 1979 bat
WIF/A 2330
Eochiroptera "indet. 2" Van Valen 1979 bat
WIF/A 2316
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Indoesthonyx suratensis n. gen. n. sp.
Indoesthonyx suratensis n. gen. n. sp. Smith et al. 2016 tillodont
WIF/A 2333 - holotype
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
cf. Coryphodontidae indet.
cf. Coryphodontidae indet. Marsh 1876 pantodont
GU/RSR/TAD-9501 and GU/RSR/TAD 9515
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
cf. Eopelobates sp.
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad
WIF/A 2341 and GU/RSR/TAD 9523
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet.
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
WIF/A 2342, WIF/A 2343 and GU/RSR/TAD 9558
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Avitoplectidae
Avitoplectus molaris n. gen. n. sp.1
Avitoplectus molaris n. gen. n. sp.1 Bemis et al. 2017
WIF/A 2340
 Colubroides - Thaumastophiidae
Thaumastophis missiaeni
Thaumastophis missiaeni Rage et al. 2008
WIF/A 2310, WIF/A 2352, WIF/A 4287. From Zaher et al. 2011: WIF/A 2272, posterior trunk vertebra (TAD-1); WIF/A 2310, 2352, 4287, caudal vertebrae
1Bemis et al. 2017; 2Rose et al. 2018; 3Zack et al. 2019