A new, diminutive Eocene whale from Kachchh (Gujarat, India) and its implications for locomotor evolution of cetaceans
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Our recent paleontological field work in the middle Eocene Harudi Formation of Kachchh (western India) has yielded a partial skeleton of a new species of Eocene cetaceans, here named Kutchicetus minimus, The new species represents a new genus in the family Remingtonocetidae and is smaller than any other Eocene whale. The skeleton includes teeth, skull fragments, limb bones and a relatively complete vertebral column. Vertebral proportions indicate that the vertebral column of the new cetacean functioned in different ways from any other known Eocene or Recent cetacean. It suggests that the mobility of the back may have approximated that of otters.
Bajpai S; Thewissen J G M
Current Science
2000
2000-11
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Vertebrate fauna from Panandhro lignite field (Lower Eocene), District Kachchh, western India
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Bajpai S; Thewissen J G M
Current Science
2002
2002-03
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Middle Eocene Prosimian Primate From The Subathu Group Of Kalakot, Northwestern Himalaya, India
anthropoid primate; china; dentition; myanmar; origin; pakistan; province; Science & Technology - Other Topics; thailand
An upper molar tooth of a possibly new but unnamed prosimian primate (Mammalia, Primates) is described from the Middle Eocene, in the uppermost part of the Subathu Group exposed east of Babbian Gala near Kalakot (northwestern Outer Himalaya) in the Rajauri District, Jammu and Kashmir, India. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first pre-Siwalik primate from India and the only primate tooth identified thus far in a remarkably rich and varied land mammal fauna known from the red beds of the Subathu Group. Its occurrence is significant, as the Eocene primates of the Indian subcontinent are important for understanding the early primate radiation in Asia.
Kumar K; Hamrick M W; Thewissen J G M
Current Science
2002
2002-11
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Save India's heritage
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Thewissen J G M; Hughes N
Current Science
2010
2010-08
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