Harudi: Lutetian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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3 elements | |||||||||
[entered as Mylobatis sp.] | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Protocetidae
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Gaviacetus sahnii n. sp.
Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
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Bajpai and Thewissen 1998 | |||||||||
recombined as Kharodacetus sahnii | ||||||||||
Indocetus ramani n. gen., n. sp.
Sahni and Mishra 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Remingtonocetidae
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Protocetus harudiensis n. sp.
Sahni and Mishra 1975
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Remingtonocetus harudiensis
Sahni and Mishra 1975
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Bajpai and Thewissen 1998 | |||||||||
Protocetus sloani
Sahni and Mishra 1972
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Andrewsiphius sloani | ||||||||||
Andrewsiphius kutchensis
Sahni and Mishra 1975
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Bajpai and Thewissen 1998 | |||||||||
synonym of Andrewsiphius sloani | ||||||||||
Andrewsiphius minor n. gen., n. sp.
Sahni and Mishra 1975
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synonym of Andrewsiphius sloani | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Protosirenidae
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Protosiren fraasi
Abel 1904
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3 specimens | |||||||||
= Protosiren sp.
Abel 1904
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Bajpai et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Eotheroides waghapadarensis n. sp.
Das and Basu 1994
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Das and Basu 1994 | |||||||||
Eotheroides babiae n. sp.
Bajpai et al. 2006
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Bajpai et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Eosiren sp.
Andrews 1902
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Bajpai et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Moeritheriidae
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Moeritheriidae indet.
Andrews 1906
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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LUVP 11182, partial carapace (collection information based on the caption of the figure) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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1 specimen | |||||||||
LUVP 11135 (premaxilla) | ||||||||||
= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Alroy 2006 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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1 element | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Arius kutchensis
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1 element | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Bagridae
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Socnopaea horai n. sp.
Sahni and Mishra 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India | State/province: | Kutch | County: | Gujarat |
Coordinates: | 23.5° North, 68.7° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 5.9° North, 61.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Harudi | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Bartonian age from Gingerich et al., 2001.; late Lutetian age after Ravikant and Bajpai, 2010 contra Gingerich |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | L.U. 2003, = Rato Nala | ||
Database number: | 45590 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-11-16 12:45:51 | Last modified: | 2016-08-26 09:22:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-16 12:45:51 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11991. | A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
11997 | S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen. 1998. Middle Eocene Cetaceans from the Harudi and Subathu Formations of India. The Emergence of Whales 213-233 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
17794 | S. Bajpai, J. G. M. Thewissen, V. V. Kapur, B. N. Tiwari, and A. Sahni. 2006. Eocene and Oligocene sirenians (Mammalia) from Kachchh, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):400-410 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
53253 | S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2014. Protocetid cetaceans (Mammalia) from the Eocene of India. Palaeontologia Electronica 17(3):34A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
33172 | D. P. Das, S. Bajpai, J. G. M. Thewissen and V. P. Mishra. 2009. An unusual specimen of the Eocene whale Remingtonocetus (Cetacea, Mammalia) from Kutch. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 54(2):225-227 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
60227 | D. P. Das, P. K. Basu, and T. C. Lahiri. 1993. Study of Palaeogene marine mammals of Kachchh, Gujarat (Progress Report for the Field Seasons 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92). Geological Survey of India Progress Report GSI-CHQ-31:1-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
14951 | D. P. Das and P. K. Basu. 1994. Study of Palaeogene marine mammals of Kachchh, Guarat. Records of the Geological Survey of India 127(2):5 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15226 | P. D. Gingerich, I. S. Zalmout, M. Ul-Haq and M. A. Bhatti. 2005. Makracetus bidens, a new protocetid archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the early middle Eocene of Balochistan (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(9):197-210 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |