PBDB Collection

East Babbian Gala Locality (Eocene of India)

Also known as GASH, EBGL; Metka Inlier

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (32.5° N, 75.5° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 70.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Subathu Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• "the main fossiliferous bed is a 10 to 15 cm thick" (Kumar et al. 2002)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: channel lag; gray, argillaceous shale

• bed is a "band of purple 'pisolitic' granulestone, which occurs sandwiched within the purple shale" (Kumar et al. 2002)

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: bulk, 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 31299: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 01.05.2003, edited by John Alroy and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae	Pycnodus bicresta n. sp. Pycnodus bicresta n. sp. Kumar and Loyal 1987
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae	"Diacodexis pakistanensis" = Gujaratia pakistanensis² "Diacodexis pakistanensis" = Gujaratia pakistanensis² Thewissen et al. 1983 even-toed ungulate VPL/K555; VPL/J1 03 and 101
Primates -	? Adapiformes indet.¹ ? Adapiformes indet.¹ Hoffstetter 1977 primate
Rodentia -	"cf. Advenimus bohlini" = Saykanomys bohlini³, cf. Petrokozlovia "sp. 1"³, cf. Petrokozlovia "sp. 2"³ "cf. Advenimus bohlini" = Saykanomys bohlini³ Dawson 1964 rodent cf. Petrokozlovia "sp. 1"³ Shevyreva 1972 rodent cf. Petrokozlovia "sp. 2"³ Shevyreva 1972 rodent
Rodentia - Chapattimyidae	Chapattimys debruijni³, Chapattimys wilsoni³, Gumbatomys asifi³, Basalomys ijlsti³, Basalomys lavocati³, Basalomys vandermeuleni³, Birbalomys woodi³, Birbalomys ibrahimshahi³, Birbalomys sondaari³ Chapattimys debruijni³ Hartenberger 1982 rodent Chapattimys wilsoni³ Hussain et al. 1978 rodent Gumbatomys asifi³ Hartenberger 1982 rodent Basalomys ijlsti³ Hussain et al. 1978 rodent Basalomys lavocati³ Hussain et al. 1978 rodent Basalomys vandermeuleni³ Hussain et al. 1978 rodent Birbalomys woodi³ Sahni and Khare 1973 rodent Birbalomys ibrahimshahi³ Hussain et al. 1978 rodent Birbalomys sondaari³ Hussain et al. 1978 rodent

¹Kumar et al. 2002; ²Kumar and Jolly 1986; ³Kumar et al. 1997