Vagapaddhar, north (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.5° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 63.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Harudi Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone

• grey, brownish-greenish gypseous shale with a few impersistent lenses of yellowish brown limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. K. Verma. 2024. A new Bartonian elasmobranch assemblage from the Kutch Basin, western India, and its significance in the context of paleoclimate change. Historical Biology 36(10):1985-2008more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 237204: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.11.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus mancinae Ebersole et al. 2019 requiem shark
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Remingtonocetidae indet. Kumar and Sahni 1986 whale