Harudi: Lutetian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
3 elements
[entered as Mylobatis sp.]
Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Gaviacetus sahnii n. sp. Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
recombined as Kharodacetus sahnii
Indocetus ramani n. gen., n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Protocetus harudiensis n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975
(1 measurement)
    = Remingtonocetus harudiensis Sahni and Mishra 1975
Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
Protocetus sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972
4 specimens
recombined as Andrewsiphius sloani
Andrewsiphius kutchensis Sahni and Mishra 1975
Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
synonym of Andrewsiphius sloani
Andrewsiphius minor n. gen., n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975
synonym of Andrewsiphius sloani
Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren fraasi Abel 1904
3 specimens
    = Protosiren sp. Abel 1904
Bajpai et al. 2006
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eotheroides waghapadarensis n. sp. Das and Basu 1994
Das and Basu 1994
Eotheroides babiae n. sp. Bajpai et al. 2006
Bajpai et al. 2006
Eosiren sp. Andrews 1902
Bajpai et al. 2006
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritheriidae indet. Andrews 1906
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
LUVP 11182, partial carapace (collection information based on the caption of the figure)
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
1 specimen
LUVP 11135 (premaxilla)
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2006
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
1 element
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius kutchensis
1 element
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae
Socnopaea horai n. sp. Sahni and Mishra 1975
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]