Mikir Hills: Middle Eocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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? Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 25.8° North, 93.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.9° North, 89.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Janita |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal 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
| Database number: | 97257 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-07-21 11:13:06 | Last modified: | 2010-07-21 14:13:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-21 11:13:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33173. | K. Whiso, B. N. Tiwari, S. Bajpai, L. N. Cooper, and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2009. A fossil mammal from marine Eocene strata (Janita Group) of the Mikir Hills, Assam, northeastern India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 54(1):111-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |