Where: Kutch, India (23.8° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 61.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Harudi Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• late Lutetian (Ravikant & Bajpai, 2010)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and S. Bajpai. 2009. New skeletal material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus, two Eocene cetaceans from India. Journal of Paleontology 83(5):635-663 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91429: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Andrewsiphius sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale |