Kuthar Bridge (Eocene of India)

Also known as OBLH, KBL

Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (31.0° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 69.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Subathu Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

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 31269: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 28.04.2003, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis vicaryi n. sp. Loyal 1984 whiptail stingray
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839