Sair West Locality (Eocene to of India)

Also known as OBLH, SWL

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (32.5° N, 75.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 70.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Subathu Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 37.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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

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 31298: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 01.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• splenial containing teeth
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839