Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-1): Ypresian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Avitoplectidae
Tetraodontiformes indet. Berg 1940
WIF/A 2340
    = Avitoplectus molaris n. gen., n. sp. Bemis et al. 2017
Bemis et al. 2017
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
WIF/A 2341 and GU/RSR/TAD 9523
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814
WIF/A 2342, WIF/A 2343 and GU/RSR/TAD 9558
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Eochiroptera informal indet. 1 Van Valen 1979
WIF/A 2330
Eochiroptera informal indet. 2 Van Valen 1979
WIF/A 2316
Mammalia
Pahelia mysteriosa Zack et al. 2019
Zack et al. 2019
GU/RSR/TAD 9608
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Cambaytherium gracilis Smith et al. 2016
GU/RSR/TAD 9555, WIF/A 2262, WIF/A 4207 and WIF/A 4208
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
cf. Meldimys sp. Michaux 1968
WIF/A 2331, WIF/A 2276 and WIF/A 2278
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
cf. Asiadapis cambayensis Rose et al. 2007
GU/RSR/TAD 9004
    = cf. Asiadapis informal unnamed sp. nov.
Rose et al. 2018
GU/RSR/TAD 9004, 9014 and tentatively 9012+WIF/A 2336
Marcgodinotius indicus Bajpai et al. 2005
WIF/A 2334
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Indoesthonyx suratensis n. gen., n. sp. Smith et al. 2016
WIF/A 2333 - holotype
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
cf. Coryphodontidae indet. Marsh 1876
GU/RSR/TAD-9501 and GU/RSR/TAD 9515
Reptilia - Agamidae
Tinosaurus indicus Prasad and Bajpai 2008
WIF/A 4286, WIF/A 2344, WIF/A 2345
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis vastaniensis Bajpai and Head 2008
WIF/A 2348, GU/RSR/TAD 9554-GU/RSR/TAD 9555
Reptilia - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoiidae indet. (Hoffstetter 1961)
WIF/A 2315, GU/RSR/TAD 9504 and GU/RSR/TAD 9505
Platyspondylophis tadkeshwarensis n. gen., n. sp. Smith et al. 2016
WIF/A 2272 - holotype; hypodigm: WIF/A 2269-WIF/A 2271, WIF/A 2273, GU/RSR/TAD 9503, GU/RSR/TAD 9506
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
WIF/A 2274, WIF/A 2351, GU/RSR/TAD 9557
Reptilia
Procerophis sahnii Rage et al. 2008
GU/RSR/TAD 9560
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
WIF/A 2346
Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Carettochelyidae indet. Gill 1889
WIF/A 2347, WIF/A 4291-WIF/A 4294, WIF/A 4295, WIF/A 4296, WIF/A 4297 and GU/RSR/TAD 9563-9567
Reptilia - Testudines
Pelomedusoides indet. Broin 1988
GU/RSR/TAD 9553, WIF/A 4288, WIF/A 4289 and WIF/A 4290
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
WIF/A 2354
Vastanavis sp. Mayr et al. 2007
WIF/A 2353
cf. Congosaurus sp. Dollo 1914
GU/RSR/TAD 9511, GU/RSR/TAD 9512, GU/RSR/TAD 9514, GU/RSR/TAD 9516-9521, WIF/A 2265 and WIF/A 2355
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
WIF/A 2339
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
WIF/A 2282, WIF/A 2283, WIF/A 2317, WIF/A 2338, GU/RSR/TAD 9552
Thaumastophiidae
Thaumastophis missiaeni Rage et al. 2008
WIF/A 2310, WIF/A 2352, WIF/A 4287. From Zaher et al. 2011: WIF/A 2272, posterior trunk vertebra (TAD-1); WIF/A 2310, 2352, 4287, caudal vertebrae
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Gujarat County:Surat
Coordinates: 21.4° North, 73.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.3° South, 63.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cambay Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Situated about 4-5 m above Lignite seam 2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:180565
Authorizer:P. Mannion, P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Mannion, P. Holroyd
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:2016-07-21 10:09:41 Last modified:2022-04-29 04:51:59
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-21 10:09:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59914. T. Smith, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana, A. Folie, F. Solé, C. Noiret, T. Steeman, A. Sahni, and K. D. Rose. 2016. New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities. Geoscience Frontiers 7(6):969-1001 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

64110 K. E. Bemis, J. C. Tyler, W. E. Bemis, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana and T. Smith. 2017. A gymnodont fish jaw with remarkable molariform teeth from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e136944 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]
66527 K. D. Rose, R. H. Dunn, K. Kumar, J. M. G. Perry, K. A. Prufrock, R. S. Rana, and T. Smith. 2018. New fossils from Tadkeshwar Mine (Gujarat, India) increase primatediversity from the early Eocene Cambay Shale. Journal of Human Evolution 122:93-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
70591 S. P. Zack, K. D. Rose, L. T. Holbrook, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana and T. Smith. 2019. An enigmatic new ungulate‐like mammal from the early Eocene of India. Papers in Palaeontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
81519 H. Zaher, A. Folie, A. B. Quadros, R. S. Rana, K. Kumar, K. D. Rose, M. Fahmy and T. Smith. 2021. Additional vertebral material of Thaumastophis (Serpentes: Caenophidia) from the early Eocene of India provides new insights on the early diversification of colubroidean snakes. Geobios 66-67:35-43 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]