Salsette Island, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, Indiai

Regional Level Types
Salsette Island	Island
Konkan Division	Division
Maharashtra	State
India	Country

Salsette Island is an island in Konkan division of the state of Maharashtra, on India's west coast. Administratively known as Greater Mumbai, the city district of Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban district, Mira Bhayander, and a portion of Thane lie within it, making it very populous and one of the most densely populated islands in the world. It has a population of more than 20 million inhabitants, living on an area of about 619 square kilometres (239 sq mi).

Salsette is bounded on the north by Vasai Creek, on the northeast by the Ulhas River, on the east by Thane Creek and Mumbai Harbour, and on the south and west by the Arabian Sea. The original seven islands of Mumbai, which were merged by land reclamation during the 19th and early 20th centuries to form the city of Mumbai, are now practically a southward protruding peninsula of the much larger Salsette Island.

Deccan traps.
(1) Dahisar, (19°15′ N,72°52′ E; 30‐130 m asl);
(2) Damupada, (19°12′ N, 72°52′ E; 55‐65 m asl);
(3) Kurar, (19°11′ N, 72°52′ E; 20‐40 m asl);
(4) Pathanwadi (19°10′ N, 72°52′ E; 30‐50 m asl);
(5) Amboli (19°08′ N, 72°50′ E).

Local quarry workers reported that in two exceptional cases, the cavities in the Pathanwadi quarry were large enough for a man to stand inside.

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences	4
Youngest Fossil Listed	33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed	70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units	Unit No. Occurrences Age Intertrappean 1 56 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene) Intertrappean - Green tuff bed of Amboli 1 70.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
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Accepted Name Hierarchy Age Sankuchemys sethnai species Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Sankuchemys : Sankuchemys sethnai 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous Indobatrachus pusillus species Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Bufonidae : Indobatrachus : Indobatrachus pusillus 56 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene Indobatrachus malabaricus species Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Bufonidae : Indobatrachus : Indobatrachus malabaricus 56 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene Indobatrachus trivalis species Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Bufonidae : Indobatrachus : Indobatrachus trivalis 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
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