Mangrol Lignite Mine (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (21.3° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 63.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. D. Rose, L. T. Holbrook, R. S. Rana, K. Kumar, K. E. Jones, H. E. Ahrens, P. Missiaen, A. Sahni, and T. Smith. 2014. Early Eocene fossils suggest that the mammalian order Perissodactyla originated in India. Nature Communications 5:5570:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180651: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
Cambaytherium thewissi Bajpai et al. 2005 odd-toed ungulate
GU specimens