Sindkhatudi Bone Bed: Lutetian, India
collected by R. Rao, S. Bajpai, B. N. Tiwari
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Jolly and Sahni 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Chapattimyidae
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Basalomys vandermeulelli
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Kumar et al. 1997 | |||||||||
WIMF/A 1271 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Aulaxolophus quadrangularis n. gen., n. sp.
Ranga Rao 1972
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Ranga Rao 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Kalakotia simplicidentata n. gen., n. sp.
Ranga Rao 1972
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Ranga Rao 1972 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Jolly and Sahni 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Raoellidae
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Raoellidae indet.
Sahni et al. 1981
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Jolly and Sahni 1990 | |||||||||
Indohyus indirae n. sp.
Ranga Rao 1971
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Indohyus kalakotensis n. sp.
Ranga Rao 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Indohyus indirae | ||||||||||
Bunodentus inflatus n. gen., n. sp.
Ranga Rao 1972
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Ranga Rao 1972 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Khirtharia inflatus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Jolly and Sahni 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Jolly and Sahni 1990 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India | State/province: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 74.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 13.3° North, 69.9° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Murree | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: overly the Subathu Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green,red lithified silty mudstone |
Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "purple/green silty mudstone" | |
Environment: | lagoonal |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | R. Rao, S. Bajpai, B. N. Tiwari |
Collection method comments: "approximately 225 specimens"; material was "extracted in the lab... from indurated blocks" | |
Taxonomic list comments:"some other mammals" than Indohyus are present but not named |
Metadata
Also known as: | Sindkhatuti | ||
Database number: | 77524 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-14 17:07:39 | Last modified: | 2016-07-20 09:45:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-14 17:07:39 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31734. | A. Ranga Rao. 1971. New mammals from Murree (Kalakot Zone) of the Himalayan foot hills near Kalakot, Jammu & Kasmir State, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 12(2):125-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
31698 | A. Jolly and A. Sahni. 1990. Raoellid astragali from the Kalakot zone (Subathu Group): evidence for assignment to the Artiodactyla. Current Science 59(2):102-105 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
59899 | K. Kumar, R. Srivastava, and A. Sahni. 1997. Middle Eocene rodents from the Subathu group, Northwest Himalya. Palaeovertebrata 26(1-4):83-128 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
31897 | A. Ranga Rao. 1972. New mammalian genera and species from the Kalakot zone of Himalayan foot hills, Jammu & Kashmir State, India. Special Paper - India, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Directorate of Geology 1(1):1-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
26225 | J. G. M. Thewissen, L. N. Cooper, M. T. Clementz, S. Bajpai, and B. N. Tiwari. 2007. Whales originated from aquatic artiodactyls in the Eocene epoch of India. Nature 450:1190-1194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |