Browsing by Subject "Kutch"
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Chondrichthyan and osteichthyan fauna from the middle Miocene deposits of Palasava, Kutch, India: implication for paleoenvironment and paleobiogeography; [Faune de chondrichtyens et d�ost�ichtyens provenant des d�p�ts du Mioc�ne moyen de Palasava, Kutch, Inde: implication pour le pal�oenvironnement et la pal�obiog�ographie]
(Academie des sciences, 2022-12-13)The Neogene of Kutch, India is well known for its rich marine and terrestrial vertebrate assemblages. However, the data of piscean fauna from the middle Miocene of India is very scarce. We report here additional chondrichthyan ... -
A colubrid snake from the late Miocene of Kutch, Gujarat, India
(Palaeontological Society Of India, 2021-12-31)Fossil snakes are extremely rare in the Indian Neogene records. We report the first record of isolated precloacal vertebrae of a �colubrine� snake from a late Miocene site, Tapar section in Kutch, Gujarat (India). The ... -
The Miocene fossil lizards from Kutch (Gujarat), India: A rare window to the past diversity of this subcontinent
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-09-06)The Miocene beds of Kutch in India are well known for their mammalian assemblages, including the extinct ape Sivapithecus, but far less is known about the fossil squamates from this area. Although India with its over 800 ... -
New rodents shed light on the age and ecology of late Miocene ape locality of Tapar (Gujarat, India)
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022-08-05)The Miocene ape (Sivapithecus) locality of Tapar in Kutch (Gujarat, India) has yielded a diverse rodent assemblage that includes: a new murine Progonomys prasadi sp. nov., a new gerbilline Myocricetodon gujaratensis sp. ... -
A new window to the fossil herpetofauna of India: amphibians and snakes from the Miocene localities of Kutch (Gujarat)
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-11-25)The Miocene beds of Kutch in India are well known for their mammalian assemblages including an extinct ape Sivapithecus. We here report new amphibian and snake fossils, which have been recovered from two stratigraphic ... -
Sharks and rays (chondrichthyes, elasmobranchii) from the miocene sediments of Kutch, Gujarat, India: paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographic implications
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2021-03-05)We report here a diverse assemblage of sharks and batoids representing the genera Carcharhinus, Rhizoprionodon, Galeocerdo, Sphyrna, Myliobatis, Aetobatus, Dasyatis, Pastinachus, Himantura and Pristis from Tapar and Jangadia ...