Muddy Boots Locality (Eocene of India)

Also known as GBLH, MBL

Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (31.0° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 69.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• unit seems to be only .5 m in thickness at this locality

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pebbly, shelly/skeletal, black, gray limestone

• occurs in the form of bands of varying thickness between the grey and green shales, at places (e.g. near this locality) it becomes pebbly or microconglomeratic consisting of black iron oxide concretions and phosphatic nodules embedded in a grey to black matrix. This pebble rock is rich in oysters and bone fragments and the calcareous matrix is recrystallized. This quartz veins are very common

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

• Mesh size in ASTM (20 to 100)

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 31267: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 28.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Tetradontidae indet., Pycondus lametae
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet., Pycnodus toliapicus
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodontidae indet.
Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus libycus, Eotrigonodon indicus, Kankatodus cappettai n. gen. n. sp.
Eotrigonodon indicus Kumar and Loyal 1987
Kankatodus cappettai n. gen. n. sp. Kumar and Loyal 1987
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon sp.
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Subathunura casieri n. gen. n. sp.
Subathunura casieri n. gen. n. sp. Kumar and Loyal 1987 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet., Dasyatis rafinesquei n. sp., Dasyatis vicaryi
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis rafinesquei n. sp. Kumar and Loyal 1987 whiptail stingray
male and female represented
Dasyatis vicaryi Loyal 1984 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp.
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Selachii -
Selachii indet.
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Paragaleus sp., Hemipristis sp.
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp.
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
? Galeocerdo "sp. 1", ? Galeocerdo "sp. 2", Galeocerdo latidens
? Galeocerdo "sp. 1" Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
? Galeocerdo "sp. 2" Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias cf. vulpinus
Alopias cf. vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Procarcharodon sp." = Carcharodon, Isurus cf. spallanzani
"Procarcharodon sp." = Carcharodon Smith 1838 white shark
Isurus cf. spallanzani Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea indet.
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758 oyster