Fundstelle Vastan Lignite Mine, Indien - Evolution der Primaten - biologie-seite.de

Darwinius masillae (Bild: Jens L. Franzen)

Vastan Lignite Mine, Indien

Fundort:	Vastan Lignite Mine, Indien, Gujarat, Indien
Taxon:	Marcgodinotius indicus aus der Familie Notharctidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, Age based on Nummulites burdigalensis, which implies Shallow Benthic Zone 10 according to Bajpai et al, and SBZ 10-11 according to Rose et al. most small and large mammals are from two different, immediately superposed beds above Lignite 2 and at the base of the estuarine cycle 1, low in the section, but additional mammals are from supratidal deposits well above the highest lignite at the top of cycle 6 (Rose et al. 2009), Alternate dark grey carb. shale & greenish black shale/marl or (according to Rose et al. 2006) "dark, organic-rich, clayey silt at the contact between a marine shelly layer, containing shark and fish remains, and a continental clay layer" or (according to Rose et al. 2009) "smaller terrestrial vertebrates... come from a thin lens (<0.5 m thick) of dark, clayey silt and shale with abundant plant matter... Approximately 1-2 m higher is a dark clay zone that has produced larger mammals"
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 47,8 und 56, Millionen Jahre aus der Cambay Shale Formation in Indien
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Ypresian / Ypresian / Cambay Shale
Koordinaten:	21° 23 ' 50 '' N, 73° 4 ' 46 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur S. Bajpai, V. V. Kapur, J. G. M. Thewissen, D. P. Das, B. N. Tiwari, R. Sharma, N. Saravanan 2005, Early Eocene primates from Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, western India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 50:2, p. 43 - 54
Systematik Adapoidea †Notharctidae †Asiadapinae †Asiadapis †Asiadapis cambayensis †Asiadapis tapiensis †Marcgodinotius †Marcgodinotius indicus †Cantius †Cantius frugivorus †Cantius mckennai †Cantius trigonodus †Cantius actius †Cantius simonsi †Cantius savagei †Cantius angulatus †Cantius torresi †Cantius nunienus †Cantius abditus †Cantius eppsi †Cantius ralstoni †Cercamoniinae †Anchomomyini †Mazateronodon †Mazateronodon endemicus †Anchomomys †Anchomomys (Huerzeleris) †Anchomomys gaillardi †Anchomomys milleri †Anchomomys stehlini †Anchomomys (Fendantia) †Anchomomys latidens †Anchomomys frontanyensis †Cercamonius †Cercamonius brachyrhynchus †Barnesia †Barnesia hauboldi †Periconodon †Periconodon jaegeri †Periconodon huerzeleri †Periconodon helleri †Periconodon helveticus †Periconodon lemoinei †Agerinia †Agerinia smithorum †Agerinia marandati †Agerinia roselli †Europolemur †Europolemur koenigswaldi †Europolemur kelleri †Europolemur midiensis †Europolemur klatti †Nievesia †Nievesia sossisensis †Buxella †Buxella prisca †Buxella magna †Panobius †Panobius amplior †Panobius afridi †Panobius russelli †Anchomomynini †Pondaunginae †Notharctinae †Copelemur †Copelemur praetutus †Copelemur australotutus †Copelemur tutus †Notharctus †Notharctus robinsoni †Notharctus venticolus †Notharctus robustior †Notharctus tenebrosus †Rouzilemur †Rouzilemur pulcher †Smilodectes †Smilodectes gracilis †Smilodectes sororis †Smilodectes mcgrewi