Mikir Hills (Eocene of India)

Where: Assam, India (25.8° N, 93.3° E: paleocoordinates 13.6° N, 89.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sylhet Limestone Formation (Janita Group), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. Whiso, B. N. Tiwari, S. Bajpai, L. N. Cooper, and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2009. A fossil mammal from marine Eocene strata (Janita Group) of the Mikir Hills, Assam, northeastern India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 54(1):111-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97257: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
? Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Euselachii -
Rajiformes indet. Berg 1940 ray