Where: Kutch, India (23.8° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° N, 61.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Harudi Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• late Lutetian (Ravikant & Bajpai, 2010); around 42 Ma
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2014. Protocetid cetaceans (Mammalia) from the Eocene of India. Palaeontologia Electronica 17(3):34A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 163465: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dhedacetus hyaeni n. gen. n. sp.
Dhedacetus hyaeni n. gen. n. sp. Bajpai and Thewissen 2014 whale |