List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Rajaurisaurus estesi n. gen., n. sp.
Sahni and Srivastava 1976
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Chapattimyidae
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Birbalomys woodi
Sahni and Khare 1973
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Metkamys blacki n. gen., n. sp.
Sahni and Srivastava 1976
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| synonym of Birbalomys woodi | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Franimys sp.
Wood 1962
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Kashmir |
| Coordinates: | 30.2° North, 74.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.6° North, 68.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Subathu | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Palynological and palynofacies assemblage of the Subathu Formation suggest Ypresian–Lutetian age (Panwar et al. 2021) and also had a suggested depositional age range of depositional age range of ∼44–50 Ma based on U-Pb detrital zircon analysis (Colleps et al. 2020) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red calcareous "shale" |
| Lithology description: Maroon calcareous shale (uppermost Subathu Formation) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 43026 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde | Enterer: | L. Gannon |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-09 11:26:48 | Last modified: | 2022-02-11 04:57:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-09 11:26:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11402. | A. Sahni and V.C. Srivastava. 1976. Eocene rodents and associated reptiles from the Subathu Formation of northwestern India. Journal of Paleontology 50(5):922-928 [W. Clyde/L. Gannon/W. Clyde] |