Where: Gujarat, India (21.3° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 63.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cambay Shale Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• age based on Nummulites burdigalensis, which implies Shallow Benthic Zone 10 according to Bajpai et al, and SBZ 10-11 according to Rose et al.
•marine and terrestrial fossils are from two immediately adjacent beds (Rose et al.)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal siliciclastic sediments
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• collections are in the Department of Geology, H. N. B. Garhwal University
Primary reference: K. D. Rose, T. Smith, R. S. Rana, A. Sahni, H. Sing, P. Missiaen, and A. Folie. 2006. Early Eocene (Ypresian) continental vertebrate assemblage from India, with description of a new anthracobunid (Mammalia, Tethytheria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):219-225 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71438: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.04.2007, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Osteoglossiformes indet. Berg 1940 | |
Gobiidarum vastani n. sp., Gobiidarum nolfi n. sp.
Gobiidarum vastani n. sp. Bajpai and Kapur 2004 goby
Gobiidarum nolfi n. sp. Bajpai and Kapur 2004 goby | |
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Eutrichiurides sp. Casier 1944 | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark |