Gogha, Kathiawar (Miocene of India)
Where: India (21.7° N, 72.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 70.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Gaj age
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: A. Sahni. 1979. Miocene vertebrates from the coastal Tertiary rocks of peninsular india and Sri Lanka. Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publications 45:197-205 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 87485: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2009, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Hypoprion mectoti requiem shark
Carcharhinus gangeticus requiem shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Sphyrna diplana hammerhead shark | |
"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier
"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark | |
Carcharias trisuspidatus sand shark | |
Isurus spaltanzeni mackerel shark
Isurus pagoda mackerel shark | |
Alopias valpes thresher shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon In a later publication, Sahni and D. K. Mehrotra. 1980, C. megalodon is not reported from Gogha
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Mammalia | |
? Palaeochoerus sp. Pomel 1847 even-toed ungulate | |
? Hemimeryx sp. Lydekker 1883 anthracothere
Brachyodus manchharensis Prasad 1964 anthracothere | |
Reptilia | |
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
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Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
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