Sair West Locality: Ypresian - Middle Eocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus toliapicus
Agassiz 1839
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1 element | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Jammu and Kashmir | County: | Rajauri District |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° North, 75.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.4° North, 70.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene |
| *International age/stage: | Ypresian | ||
| Key time interval: | Ypresian - Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Subathu | Local bed: | OBLH (Oyster-bearing Limestone of Lower Subathu) |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:splenial containing teeth | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | OBLH, SWL | ||
| Database number: | 31298 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-05-01 11:41:43 | Last modified: | 2003-05-01 15:20:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-05-01 11:41:43 |
| 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] |