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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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Carangidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Caranx sp. Lacépède 1802
 Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
Acentrogobius sp. Bleeker 1874 goby
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish
 Perciformes -
Aphia macrophthalma perch-like fish
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros cf. deklaszi Schwarzhans 2013
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei