Kotada, north: Aquitanian - Burdigalian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Kutchisiren cylindrica n. gen., n. sp.
Bajpai et al. 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| =Kotadasiren gracillis, a name that was proposed for this specimen, but never properly described | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Gujarat | County: | Kutch |
| Coordinates: | 23.5° North, 68.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.5° North, 67.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian - Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Khari Nadi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Aquitanian or Burdigalian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,yellow silty claystone |
| 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: | 97632 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-16 10:39:13 | Last modified: | 2016-08-26 09:22:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-16 10:39:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33335. | S. Bajpai, D. P. Domning, D. P. Das, J. Velez-Juarbe, and V. P. Mishra. 2010. A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene of India. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 258(1):39-50 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 60227 | D. P. Das, P. K. Basu, and T. C. Lahiri. 1993. Study of Palaeogene marine mammals of Kachchh, Gujarat (Progress Report for the Field Seasons 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92). Geological Survey of India Progress Report GSI-CHQ-31:1-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |