Biogeographic and evolutionary implications of a diverse paleobiota in amber from the early Eocene of India

J Rust, H Singh, RS Rana, T McCann… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
For nearly 100 million years, the India subcontinent drifted from Gondwana until its collision
with Asia some 50 Ma, during which time the landmass presumably evolved a highly …

A synoptic review of the Eocene (Ypresian) cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of the Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, Italy

G Marramà, G Carnevale, A Engelbrecht, KM Claeson… - PalZ, 2018 - Springer
Here, we review and discuss the records and taxonomy of the Ypresian (Eocene)
chondrichthyans from the famous Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte in northeastern Italy. Despite …

Paleogene monsoons across India and South China: Drivers of biotic change

R Spicer, J Yang, A Herman, T Kodrul… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Monsoonal climates at low latitudes (< 32° N) are an inevitable consequence of seasonal
migrations of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), but the character of these …

Cool equatorial terrestrial temperatures and the South Asian monsoon in the Early Eocene: evidence from the Gurha Mine, Rajasthan, India

A Shukla, RC Mehrotra, RA Spicer, TEV Spicer… - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Early Eocene (~ 55–52 Ma) laminated lacustrine sediments overlying lignites in the
Gurha Mine (27.87398° N, 72.86709° E), Rajasthan, India, yield a diversity of fossil leaves …

[PDF][PDF] Early Paleogene mammal faunas of India: a review of recent advances with implications for the timing of initial India-Asia contact

VV Kapur, N Carolin, S Bajpai - Himalayan Geology, 2022 - researchgate.net
In recent years, a series of discoveries of a diverse early Eocene (~ 54.5 Ma) terrestrial
mammal fauna from the open-cast lignite mines of western India (District Surat, Gujarat) …

Early eocene primates from Gujarat, India

KD Rose, RS Rana, A Sahni, K Kumar… - Journal of Human …, 2009 - Elsevier
The oldest euprimates known from India come from the Early Eocene Cambay Formation at
Vastan Mine in Gujarat. An Ypresian (early Cuisian) age of∼ 53Ma (based on foraminifera) …

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

T Smith, K Kumar, RS Rana, A Folie, F Solé, C Noiret… - Geoscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract 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 …

Palynofacies and sedimentology-based high-resolution sequence stratigraphy of the lignite-bearing muddy coastal deposits (early Eocene) in the Vastan Lignite Mine …

V Prasad, IB Singh, S Bajpai, R Garg, B Thakur… - Facies, 2013 - Springer
Geological records of early Paleogene warming are rare in low latitudinal regions. The
Indian subcontinent preserves records of this global event on western and eastern margins …

Palynostratigraphy and depositional environment of Vastan lignite mine (Early Eocene), Gujarat, western India

MR Rao, A Sahni, RS Rana, P Verma - Journal of Earth System Science, 2013 - Springer
Early Eocene sedimentary successions of south Asia, are marked by the development of
extensive fossil-bearing, lignite-rich sediments prior to the collision of India with Asia and …

Petrographical-geochemical characteristics and floral-faunal compositions of the Valia lignite deposits from Cambay Basin (Gujarat), western India

VP Singh, BD Singh, RP Mathews, VA Mendhe… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignite-bearing sequence of the Valia mine, associated with the Cambay Shale Formation
(early Eocene) in Cambay Basin of western Indian State Gujarat, has been studied. An …