Babbian Gala East (Eocene of India)

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (33.2° N, 74.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 68.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Subathu Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. Kumar and A. Sahni. 1985. Eocene mammals from the upper Subathu Group, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(2):153-168 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45588: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Mulkrajanops maghliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Mulkrajanops maghliensis n. gen. n. sp. brontothere
 Cetacea - Pakicetidae
Pakicetus attocki West 1980 whale
 Artiodactyla - Raoellidae
"Indohyus indirae" = Indohyus indirae, "Metkatius kashmiriensis n. gen. n. sp." = Indohyus indirae, "Kunmunella transversa n. sp." = Indohyus indirae, "Kunmunella kalakotensis" = Indohyus indirae, Khirtharia inflatus
"Indohyus indirae" = Indohyus indirae Ranga Rao 1971 even-toed ungulate
"Metkatius kashmiriensis n. gen. n. sp." = Indohyus indirae Ranga Rao 1971 even-toed ungulate
"Kunmunella transversa n. sp." = Indohyus indirae Ranga Rao 1971 even-toed ungulate
"Kunmunella kalakotensis" = Indohyus indirae Ranga Rao 1971 even-toed ungulate
Khirtharia inflatus Ranga Rao 1972 even-toed ungulate