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{{Short description|Geologic formation in India}}
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| name = Cambay Shale Formation
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| type = [[Geological formation]]
| age = Early [[Eocene]]<br />~{{fossil range|55|54}}
| period = [[Eocene]]
| prilithology = [[Shale]]
| otherlithology = [[Claystone]]<br>[[Siltstone]]<br>[[Sandstone]]
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| region = [[Gujarat]]
| country = [[India]]
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The '''Cambay Shale Formation''' is an [[Ypresian|Early Eocene]]-aged [[geologic formation]] in the Cambay Basin, [[India]]. It varies in thickness from a few meters on the margins of the basin to more than 2,500m in the depressions. It directly overlies the [[Olpad Formation]] and is, in turn, overlain by the [[Anklesvar Formation]] in the southern part of the basin and by [[Kalol Formation]] in the northern part of the basin. Further north, the Cambay Shale, in its lower part, is gradually replaced by tongues of paralic-deltaic [[Kadi Formation]] and finally by [[Tharad Formation]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chowdhary |first=L. R. |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6212386 |title=Petroleum geology of the Cambay Basin, Gujarat., India |date=2004 |publisher=Indian Petroleum Publishers |isbn=978-81-900361-3-9 |location=Dehradun}}</ref>

==Paleobiota==
=== Vertebrates ===

==== Mammals ====
Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/paleo_loc.php?id=53536|title=Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Anthracobunia|Anthracobunian]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| rowspan = 3 | ''[[Cambaytherium]]''
| ''C. thewissi''
| rowspan = 3 |
| rowspan = 3 | A [[Cambaytheriidae|cambaytheriid]].
| rowspan = 3 |
|-
|''C. gracilis''
|-
|''C. bidens''
|-
| ''[[Kalitherium]]''
| ''K. marinus ''
|
| Another [[Cambaytheriidae|cambaytheriid]].
|
|-
| ''[[Indobune]]''
| ''I. vastanensis ''
|
| A possible [[Anthracobunidae|anthracobunid]].
|
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Primate]]s<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rose |first1=Kenneth D. |last2=Rana |first2=Rajendra S. |last3=Sahni |first3=Ashok |last4=Kumar |first4=Kishor |last5=Missiaen |first5=Pieter |last6=Singh |first6=Lachham |last7=Smith |first7=Thierry |title=Early Eocene Primates from Gujarat, India |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |date=April 2009 |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=366–404 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.008 |pmid=19303624 }}</ref> from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| rowspan = 2 | ''[[Asiadapis]]''
| ''A. cambayensis''
| rowspan =2 |
| rowspan =2 | An [[Asiadapinae|Asiadapine]].
| rowspan =2 |
|-
|''A. tapiensis''
|-
| ''[[Marcgodinotius]]''
| ''M. indicus ''
|
| Another [[Asiadapinae|Asiadapine]].
|
|-
| rowspan =2 | ''[[Vastanomys]]''
| ''V. gracilis''
| rowspan =2 |
| rowspan =2 | A [[Omomyidae|omomyid]].
| rowspan =2 |
|-
|''V. major''
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Hyaenodont]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Indohyaenodon]]''
| ''I.raoi''
|
| A [[hyaenodont]].
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Dichobunidae|Dichobunid]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| rowspan =2 | ''[[Gujaratia]]''
| ''G. indica''
| rowspan =2 |
| rowspan =2 | A [[Diacodexeidae|Diacodexeid]].
| rowspan =2 | [[File:Diacodexis pakistanensis e.jpg|center|100px|frameless]]
|-
|''G. pakistanensis''
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Tapiromorph]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Cambaylophus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kapur |first1=Vivesh V. |last2=Bajpai |first2=Sunil |title=Oldest South Asian tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India, with comments on its phylogenetic position and biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Palaeosciences |date=31 December 2015 |volume=64 |issue=1–2 |pages=95–103 |doi=10.54991/jop.2015.104 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
| ''C. vastanensis''
|
| A [[tapiromorph]].
|
|-
| ''[[Vastanolophus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Thierry |last2=Solé |first2=Floréal |last3=Missiaen |first3=Pieter |last4=Rana |first4=Rajendra |last5=Kumar |first5=Kishor |last6=Sahni |first6=Ashok |last7=Rose |first7=Kenneth |title=First early Eocene tapiroid from India and its implication for the paleobiogeographic origin of perissodactyls |journal=Palaeovertebrata |date=8 September 2015 |doi=10.18563/pv.39.2.e5 }}</ref>
| ''V. holbrooki''
|
| A [[tapiromorph]].
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Cimolesta|Cimolestan]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Suratilestes]]''
| ''S. gingerichi''
|
| A [[Cimolesta|cimolestan]].
|
|-
| ''[[Anthraconyx]]''
| ''A. hypsomylus''
|
| A [[Esthonychidae|esthonychid]]
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Bat]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[ Archaeonycteris]]''
| '' A. storchi''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
| ''[[Protonycteris]]''
| '' P. gunnelli''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
| ''[[Cambaya (bat)|Cambaya]]''
| '' C. complexus''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
| ''[[Hassianycteris]]''
| '' H. kumari''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
| ''[[Icaronycteris]]''
| '' I. sigei''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
| ''[[Jaegeria(bat)|Jaegeria]]''
| '' J. cambayensis''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
| ''[[ Microchiropteryx]]''
| '' M. folieae''
|
| A [[bat]].
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''Other [[mammal]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Frugivastodon]]''
| '' F. cristatus''
|
| A [[Apatemyidae|apatemyid]].
|
|-
| ''[[Indolestes (mammal)|Indolestes]]''
| '' I. kalamensis''
|
| An [[Adapisoriculidae|adapisoriculid]].
|
|-
| ''[[Indodelphis]]''
| '' I. luoi''
|
| A [[opossum]].
|
|-
| ''[[Meldimys]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rana |first1=Rajendra S. |last2=Kumar |first2=Kishor |last3=Escarguel |first3=Gilles |last4=Sahni |first4=Ashok |last5=Rose |first5=Kenneth D. |last6=Smith |first6=Thierry |last7=Singh |first7=Hukam |last8=Singh |first8=Lachham |title=An Ailuravine Rodent from the Lower Eocene Cambay Formation at Vastan, Western India, and Its Palaeobiogeographic Implications |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |date=January 2008 |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.4202/app.2008.0101 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
| '' M. musak''
|
| A [[rodent]].
|
|-
| ''[[Indonyctia]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=Debasis P. |last2=Carolin |first2=Nora |last3=Bajpai |first3=Sunil |title=A nyctitheriid insectivore (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) of Asian affinity from the early Eocene of India |journal=Historical Biology |date=3 July 2022 |volume=34 |issue=7 |pages=1157–1165 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2021.1966002 }}</ref>
| '' I. cambayensis''
|
| A [[nyctitheriid]].
|
|-
|''[[Pahelia]]''
|''P. mysteriosa''
|
|A herbivorous mammal of uncertain affinities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zack |first=Shawn P. |last2=Rose |first2=Kenneth D. |last3=Holbrook |first3=Luke T. |last4=Kumar |first4=Kishor |last5=Rana |first5=Rajendra S. |last6=Smith |first6=Thierry |date=2021 |title=An enigmatic new ungulate-like mammal from the early Eocene of India |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.1288 |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=497–520 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1288 |issn=2056-2802}}</ref>
|
|-
|}

==== Birds ====
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Bird]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Vastanavis]]''
| ''V.eocaena''
|
| A [[parrot]].
|
|-
|}

==== Reptiles ====
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Lizard]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Indiagama]]''
| ''I. gujarata''
|
| A [[iguanian]].
|
|-
| ''[[Suratagama]]''
| ''S. neeraae''
|
| A [[iguanian]].
|
|-
| ''[[Tinosaurus]]''
| ''T. indicus''
|
| A [[iguanian]].
|
|-
| ''[[Vastanagama]]''
| ''V. susanae''
|
| A [[iguanian]].
|
|-
| ''[[Heterodontagama]]''
| ''H. borsukae''
|
| A [[Priscagamidae|priscagamid]] [[iguanian]].
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Snake]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Platyspondylophis]]''
| ''P. tadkeshwarensis''
|
| A [[Madtsoiidae|Madtsoiid]].
|
|-
| ''[[Russellophis]]''
| ''R. crassus''
|
| A [[russelophiid]].
|
|-
| ''[[Procerophis]]''
| ''P. sahnii''
|
| A [[snake]].
|
|-
| ''[[Thaumastophis]]''
| ''T. missiaeni''
|
| A [[snake]].
|
|-
| ''[[Palaeophis]]''
| ''P. vastaniensis''
|
| A [[paleophiid]] [[snake]].
|
|-
|}

==== Amphibians ====
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Amphibian]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Eobarbourula]]''
| ''E. delfinoi''
|
| A [[toad]].
|
|-
| ''[[Indorana]]''
| ''I.prasadi''
|
| A [[frog]].
|
|-
|}

==== Ray-finned fish ====
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="8" align="center" | '''[[Actinopterygii|Ray-finned fish]] from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position
!Material!! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Avitoplectus]]''
| ''A. molaris''
|
|Lower jaw
| A bizarre [[Tetraodontiformes|tetraodontiform]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bemis |first=Katherine E. |last2=Tyler |first2=James C. |last3=Bemis |first3=William E. |last4=Kumar |first4=Kishor |last5=Rana |first5=Rajendra Singh |last6=Smith |first6=Thierry |date=2017-11-02 |title=A gymnodont fish jaw with remarkable molariform teeth from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2017.1369422 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=37 |issue=6 |article-number=e1369422 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1369422 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|
|-
|''[[Diodon]]''
|''D.'' sp.
|
|Teeth
|A [[porcupinefish]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Rana |first=R. S. |last2=Kumar |first2=K. |last3=Singh |first3=H. |date=2004 |title=Vertebrate fauna from the subsurface Cambay Shale (Lower Eocene), Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24109773 |journal=Current Science |volume=87 |issue=12 |pages=1726–1733 |issn=0011-3891}}</ref>
|
|-
|''[[Egertonia]]''
|''E.'' sp.
|
|Teeth
|A [[Phyllodontidae|phyllodontid]] [[Elopomorpha|elopomorph]].<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|?''[[Enchodus]]''
|?''E.'' sp.
|
|Teeth
|An [[Enchodontidae|enchodontid]] [[Aulopiformes|aulopiform]]. Among the latest known remains of this otherwise [[Cretaceous]] genus,<ref name=":0" /> but may potentially represent reworked material from lower layers.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Matthew P. |last2=Fielitz |first2=Christopher |date=December 2010 |title=Estimating divergence times of lizardfishes and their allies (Euteleostei: Aulopiformes) and the timing of deep-sea adaptations |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=1194–1208 |bibcode=2010MolPE..57.1194D |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.003 |pmid=20854916}}</ref>
|
|-
|''[[Eotrigonodon]]''
|''E. indicus''
|
|Teeth
|A [[Pycnodontidae|pycnodont]].<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|''[[Eutrichiurides]]''
|''E.'' sp.
|
|Teeth
|A [[cutlassfish]].<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|[[Osteoglossidae]] indet.
|
|
|Teeth, scales
|A [[Osteoglossidae|bonytongue]].<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|''[[Barracuda|Sphyraena]]''
|''S.'' sp.
|
|Teeth
|A [[barracuda]].<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|''[[Stephanodus]]''
|''S. lybicus''
|
|Teeth
|A pycnodont.<ref name=":0" />
|
|}

=== Arthropods ===
====Crabs====

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
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! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Crab]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Philyra (crustacean)|Philyra]]''
| ''P. karkata''
|
| A [[leucosiid]] crab.
|
|-
|}

====Insects====
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Beetle]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Protoclaviger]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)01142-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982214011427%3Fshowall%3Dtrue|title=Specialized Myrmecophily at the Ecological Dawn of Modern Ants: Current Biology}}</ref>
| ''P.trichodens''
|
| A [[Beetle]].
|
|-
| ''[[Cambaltica]]''
| ''C. paleoindica''
|
| A [[Flea Beetle]].
|
|-
| ''[[Paleosorius]]''
| ''P. cambayensis''
|
| A [[Rove Beetle]].
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Hemiptera]]ns<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2015/issue-3823/3823.1/Diverse-New-Scale-Insects-Hemiptera--Coccoidea-in-Amber-from/10.1206/3823.1.short | doi=10.1206/3823.1 | title=Diverse New Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a Phylogenetic Framework for Fossil Coccoidea | year=2015 | last1=Vea | first1=Isabelle M. | last2=Grimaldi | first2=David A. | journal=American Museum Novitates | issue=3823 | pages=1–15 | s2cid=73702369 }}</ref> from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| rowspan =2 | ''[[Heteromargarodes]]''
| ''H. hukamsinghi''
| rowspan =2 |
| rowspan =2 | A [[Margarodidae|sand pearl]].
| rowspan =2 |
|-
|''H. americanus''
|-
| ''[[Normarkicoccus]]''
| ''N. cambayae''
|
| A [[diaspididae|diaspidid]] [[scale insect]].
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Neuroptera]]ns from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| rowspan =4 | ''[[Spiloconis]]''<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2013/issue-3770/3770.2/Coniopterygidae-Neuroptera--Aleuropteryginae-in-Amber-from-the-Eocene-of/10.1206/3770.2.short | doi=10.1206/3770.2 | title=Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera: Aleuropteryginae) in Amber from the Eocene of India and the Miocene of Hispaniola | year=2013 | last1=Grimaldi | first1=David | last2=Engel | first2=Michael S. | last3=Nascimbene | first3=Paul c. | last4=Singh | first4=Hukam | journal=American Museum Novitates | issue=3770 | pages=20–39 | s2cid=56567508 }}</ref>
| ''S. sexguttata''
| rowspan =4 |
| rowspan =4 | A [[Aleuropteryginae|Aleuropterygine]] [[Coniopterygidae|Coniopterygid]].
| rowspan =4 |
|-
|''S. glaesaria''
|-
|''S. oediloma''
|-
|''S. eominuta''
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Bee]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| rowspan = 2 | ''[[Melikertes]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=Michael S. |last2=Ortega-Blanco |first2=Jaime |last3=Nascimbene |first3=Paul C. |last4=Singh |first4=Hukam |title=The bees of Early Eocene Cambay amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae) |journal=Journal of Melittology |date=17 December 2013 |issue=25 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.17161/jom.v0i25.4659 |hdl=1808/14444 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
| ''M. (Paramelikertes) gujaratensis''
| rowspan = 2 |
| rowspan = 2 | A [[bee]].
| rowspan = 2 |
|-
|''M. (Melikertes) kamboja''
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Wasp]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Trichelyon]]''
| ''T. tadkeshwarense''
|
| A [[braconid]] wasp.
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Termite]]s<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=Michael |last2=Grimaldi |first2=David |last3=Nascimbene |first3=Paul |last4=Singh |first4=Hukam |title=The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera) |journal=ZooKeys |date=21 November 2011 |issue=148 |pages=105–123 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.148.1797 |pmid=22287892 |pmc=3264413 |doi-access=free }}</ref> from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Nanotermes]]''
| ''N. isaacae''
|
| A [[Termitidae|termitid]] termite.
| [[File:ZooKeys-148-105-g001 Nanotermes isaacae.jpg|100px|center|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[Prostylotermes]]''
| ''P. kamboja''
|
| A [[Stylotermitidae|Stylotermitid]] termite.
| [[File:ZooKeys-148-105-g002 Prostylotermes kamboja a.jpg|100px|center|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[Parastylotermes]]''
| ''P. krishnai''
|
| A [[Stylotermitidae|Stylotermitid]] termite.
| [[File:ZooKeys-148-105-g001 Parastylotermes krishnai.jpg|100px|center|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[Zophotermes]]''
| ''Z. ashoki''
|
| A [[Rhinotermitidae|Rhinotermitid]] termite
| [[File:ZooKeys-148-105-g001 Zophotermes ashoki.jpg|100px|center|frameless]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Fly|Flies]] from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Sycorax (fly)|Sycorax]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=RüDiger |last2=Agnihotri |first2=Priya |last3=Singh |first3=Hukam |title=A new species of Sycorax (Sycoracinae: Psychodidae) from the Lower Eocene amber of Tadkeshwar, Gujarat, India |journal=Palaeoentomology |date=25 August 2022 |volume=5 |issue=4 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.4.4 }}</ref>
| ''S. longistyla''
|
| A [[Psychodidae|moth fly]].
|
|-
| ''[[Phlebotoiella]]''
| ''P. eoindianensis ''
|
| A [[Psychodidae|moth fly]] of unceritian affinities.
|
|-
| ''[[Dicranomyia]]''
| ''D. (Dicranomyia) indica ''
|
| The oldest known [[Crane fly]] and [[Tipulomorpha|tipulomorph]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kania |first1=Iwona |last2=Krzemiński |first2=Wiesław |last3=Stebner |first3=Frauke |last4=Singh |first4=Hukam |title=The first representative of Tipulomorpha (Diptera) from Early Eocene Cambay amber (India) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |date=June 2016 |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=263–269 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000433 }}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan =2 | ''[[Stempellina]]''
| ''S.pollex''
| rowspan =2 |
| rowspan =2 | A non-biting midge
| rowspan =2 |
|-
|''S.stebneri''
|-
| rowspan =2 | ''[[Tanytarsus]]''
| ''T.forfex''
| rowspan =2 |
| rowspan =2 | A non-biting midge
| rowspan =2 |
|-
|''T.ramus''
|-
| ''[[Camptopterohelea]]''
| ''C. odora''
|
| A non-biting midge
|
|-
| ''[[Eohelea]]''
| ''E. indica''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Gedanohelea]]''
| ''G. gerdesorum''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Indorrhina]]''
| ''I.sahnii''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Lygistorrhina (mammal)|Lygistorrhina]]''
| ''L. indica''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Meunierohelea]]''
| ''M. borkenti''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Meunierohelea]]''
| ''M. cambayana''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Meunierohelea]]''
| ''M. orientalis''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
| ''[[Palaeognoriste]]''
| ''P. orientale''
|
| A [[biting midge]]
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Embioptera|Webspinner]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Kumarembia]]''
| ''K. hurleyi''
|
| One of the few fossil [[Embioptera|Webspinner]]s known.
|
|-
|}

====Arachnids====

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Amblypygi|Whip spider]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Paracharonopsis]]''<ref name="auto">{{cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=Michael S. |last2=Grimaldi |first2=David A |title=Whipspiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in amber from the Early Eocene and mid-Cretaceous, including maternal care |journal=Novitates Paleoentomologicae |date=6 August 2014 |issue=9 |page=1 |doi=10.17161/np.v0i9.4765 |hdl=1808/15287 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
| ''P. cambayensis''
|
| A [[Paracharontidae|Paracharontid]].
|
|-
|}

=== Plants ===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Plant]]s from the Cambay Shale formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Stratigraphic position !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Pterospermoxylon]]''
| '' P. suratensis''
|
| An [[angiosperm]].
|
|-
| ''[[Anthocephalophyllum]]''
| '' A. vastanicum''
|
| An [[angiosperm]].
|
|-
| ''[[Ebenoxylon]]''
| '' E. cambayense''
|
| An [[angiosperm]].
|
|-
| ''[[Gardeniophyllum]]''
| '' G. cambayum''
|
| An [[angiosperm]].
|
|-
| ''[[Calophyllaceophyllum]]''
| '' C. eocenicum''
|
| An [[angiosperm]].
|
|-
| ''[[Carallioipollenites]]''
| '' C. integerrimoides''
|
| An [[angiosperm]] known from fossilised [[pollen]].
|
|-
| ''[[Gynocardia]]''
| '' G. eocenica''
|
| An [[angiosperm]].
|
|-
|}

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== References ==
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[[Category:Geologic formations of India]]
[[Category:Eocene Asia]]
[[Category:Shale formations]]
[[Category:Ypresian Stage]]

Cambay Shale Formation - Revision history

Ilushikpub at 07:13, 21 December 2025