Matanomadh, Miocene (Miocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.6° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 68.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bermoti Member, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Aida Stage (Lower Miocene)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray shale

• grey coloured shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65798: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.09.2006, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon sp.
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium sp.
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Indosiren koeningswaldi n. sp.
Indosiren koeningswaldi n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975 dugong
[entered as Indosiren koenigswaldi]
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
LUVP 11077, partial carapace (collection information based on the caption of the figure)
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp.
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray