Gogha, Kathiawar: Early/Lower Miocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
fishes
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Brachyodus manchharensis Prasad 1964
? Hemimeryx sp. Lydekker 1883
Mammalia
? Palaeochoerus sp. Pomel 1847
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2009
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Reptilia
Crocodilus sp. (Laurenti 1768)
crocodiles
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Alroy 2009
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvieri (Peron and LeSueur 1822)
original and current combination Galeocerdo cuvier
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna diplana
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus gangeticus
Hypoprion mectoti
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias valpes
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias trisuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
In a later publication, Sahni and D. K. Mehrotra. 1980, C. megalodon is not reported from Gogha
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus spaltanzeni
Isurus pagoda
see common names

Geography
Country:India
Coordinates: 21.7° North, 72.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.2° North, 70.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Gaj age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:87485
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy
Modifier:C. Pimiento Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-03-18 08:13:32 Last modified:2014-07-31 09:37:37
Access level:the public Released:2009-03-18 08:13:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29458. A. Sahni. 1979. Miocene vertebrates from the coastal Tertiary rocks of peninsular india and Sri Lanka. Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publications 45:197-205 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

29343 J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
52099 A. Sahni and D. K. Mehrotra. 1980. The elasmobranch fauna of coastal Miocene sediments of peninsular India. Biological memoirs 5(2):83-121 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]