Where: Gujarat, India (23.1° N, 69.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 14.1° N, 69.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Claystone Member (Chhasra Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• A fossiliferous limestone intercalation in the Claystone Member of the Chhasra Formation, south of Khirsara village

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Fossil Repository of the Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India (MACS G)

Primary reference: V. D. Borkar and K. G. Kulkarni. 2019. The oldest record of the bivalve Dosinisca Dall and its implications. Journal of Earth System Science 128(4):1-14more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235652: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Venu Gopal Kella on 19.07.2024

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