{"id":291,"date":"2015-02-24T17:47:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T16:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2021-04-17T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T09:59:10","slug":"india-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/?page_id=291","title":{"rendered":"<\/span> India 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Discovery of a new vertebrate fauna in Tadkeshwar Lignite mine, India<\/span><\/h5>\n

Since 2004, a join Indian-American-Belgian team excavated the Vastan Lignite Mine in the Gujarat Province of India thanks to the support of the National Geographic Society. This locality yielded a rich early Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Cambay Shale Formation that showed the first mammals of European affinities. In March 2014, our field crew composed by members from RBINS, UGent, UNamur, Johns Hopkins University, Garhwal University, and Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology has discovered new vertebrate layers in the nearby mine of Tadkeshwar. Among the facinating vertebrates are taxa with Gondwanian affinities mixed with taxa of European affinities. Moreover, Tadkeshwar mine yielded the first large vertebrates of the early Eocene of India.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"0101 The Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0202 First prospecting for fossil remains by Rajendra S. Rana (Garhwal Univ.) and Kishor Kumar (Wadia Inst.)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0303 A promising layer is discovered on the second day of the expedition<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0404 From left to right: Ross McPhee (AMNH) and Ken Rose (Johns Hopkins Univ.) digging meticulously the layer for fossils<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0505 Rajendra S. Rana (Garhwal Univ.) discovered an ulna (the bone that extends through the forearm from the elbow to the wristelbow) from the perissodactyl-like mammal Cambaytherium<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0606 Annelise Folie (RBINS) teaching Master student Abisek (Garhwal Univ.) for collecting microvertebrates by the screen-washing technique<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0707 From down to up: Thomas Steeman (UGhent), Corentin Noiret (UNamur) and Thierry Smith (RBINS) measuring the different layers and sampling for isotope and palynological analyses<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0808 A sample collected for isotope and microfossil analyses<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0909 From left to right: Corentin Noiret (UNamur) and Thomas Steeman (UGhent), slightly dirty, experienced the effect of working in a lignite mine<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1010 Thierry Smith (RBINS) preparing a nice Cambaytherium jaw in the guesthouse<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1111 Another big discovery: a small primate jaw with two teeth!<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1212 Discovery of a new fossiliferous layer with vertebrates two days before the end of the expedition. All the team is requested to excavate it<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1313 All the team at the end of the expedition in Vastan South Mine<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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