Sindkhatuti Oyster Bed (Eocene of India)

Also known as OBLH, SKL; Sindkhatudi

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (33.2° N, 74.4° E: paleocoordinates 6.4° N, 68.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• OBLH (Oyster-bearing limestone of Lower Subathu)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, 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 31303: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 01.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758 oyster