Where: India (22.8° N, 88.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 88.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• give a strat column of about 7 m of exposed sediment, but no name given to units
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments and unlithified peat
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: P. K. Sen and M. Banerjee. 1983. On the occurrence of reptilian remains in the peat bed of Barrackpore, 24-Parganas, West Bengal. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 29:47-51 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28180: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 27.01.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Heritiera sp. Aiton | |
Reptilia | |
Chitra indica Gray 1831 softshell turtle | |
Gavialis gangeticus Gmelin 1789 Gharial |