Easy Access Locality (Eocene of India)

Also known as EAL

Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (31.0° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 71.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Subathu Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• two closely-spaced red-colored bands which occur approx. 16 m below the top of the formation

Environment/lithology: red shale and red siliciclastic

• fossils recovered from two closely-spaced red-coloured thin granulestone bands which occur sandwiched within the red shales of the uppermost Subathu Fm.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, sieve,

• matrix disaggregated by boiling in a heavily diluted detergent, and screen washed, some retrieved by chipping and chiseling in the field

Primary reference: K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal. 1987. Eocene ichthyofauna from the Subathu Formation, Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32:60-84 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31036: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 07.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia -
"cf. Advenimus bohlini" = Saykanomys bohlini
"cf. Advenimus bohlini" = Saykanomys bohlini Dawson 1964 rodent
 Rodentia - Chapattimyidae
Chapattimys wilsoni, Birbalomys woodi, Birbalomys ibrahimshahi, Birbalomys sondaari, Basalomys ijlsti, Basalomys vandermeuleni
Chapattimys wilsoni Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
Birbalomys woodi Sahni and Khare 1973 rodent
Birbalomys ibrahimshahi Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
Birbalomys sondaari Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
Basalomys ijlsti Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
Basalomys vandermeuleni Hussain et al. 1978 rodent