Quilon otoliths, Kerala Basin (Miocene of India)
Where: India (8.8° N, 76.7° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 74.3° E)
When: Quilon Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• ~17 Ma based on Sr isotopes of well-preserved molluscs
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl
• fossiliferous marl
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: N. Carolin, S. Bajpai, A. Singh Maurya and W. Schwarzhans. 2023. New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otholiths from southwestern India. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 97:43-80 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 230225: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 25.05.2023
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