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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839 | |
Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901 | |
Eotrigonodon indicus Kumar and Loyal 1987
Kankatodus cappettai n. gen. n. sp. Kumar and Loyal 1987 | |
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Subathunura casieri n. gen. n. sp.
Subathunura casieri n. gen. n. sp. Kumar and Loyal 1987 stingray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis vicaryi Loyal 1984 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Selachii indet. shark | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark | |
? Galeocerdo "sp. 1" Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
? Galeocerdo "sp. 2" Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Alopias cf. vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark | |
"Procarcharodon sp." = Carcharodon, Isurus cf. spallanzani
"Procarcharodon sp." = Carcharodon Smith 1838 white shark
Isurus cf. spallanzani Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |