New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities

New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities

The Ypresian Cambay Shale Formation at Vastan and Mangrol lignite mines in Gujarat, western India, has yielded a rich vertebrate fauna with numerous taxa of European affinities. Here we report a new, approximately contemporary vertebrate assemblage from two fossiliferous layers in the nearby mine of...

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Main Authors: Thierry Smith, Kishor Kumar, Rajendra S. Rana, Annelise Folie, Floréal Solé, Corentin Noiret, Thomas Steeman, Ashok Sahni, Kenneth D. Rose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Vertebrates
Snakes
Mammals
Primates
Cambay Shale Formation
Ypresian
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987116300299

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