Water Mill: Ypresian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo latidens
(Agassiz 1835)
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1 element | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Himachal Pradesh | County: | Solan District |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 77.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° North, 69.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1202 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Subathu | Local bed: | GSLH (Green Shaly Limestone, Lower Subathu) | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: unknown thickness |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green silty "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GSLH, WML | ||
| Database number: | 31268 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-04-28 16:40:29 | Last modified: | 2003-04-28 19:42:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-28 16:40:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8420. | 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] |