Badam: Late/Upper Pliocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoclemys sivalensis
Tewari and Badam 1969
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Colossochelys atlas
Falconer and Cautley 1844
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| synonym of Megalochelys sivalensis | |||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus biporcatus
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Crocodylus palaeindicus
Falconer 1859
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Gavialis browni
Mook 1932
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon sp.
Pohling 1888
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= Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Proamphibos sp.
Pilgrim 1939
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Hemibos sp.
Falconer 1865
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Bubalus sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Leptobos sp.
Rutimeyer 1878
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sivalensis
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Rhinoceros palaeindicus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Chilotherium intermedium
Heissig 1972
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sivalensis
Falconer and Cautley 1849
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Hipparion antelopinum
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Geography
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 76.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° North, 77.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39210 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter, A. Turner | Enterer: | D. Ehrenburg, H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | J. Hunter | ||
| Created: | 2004-05-23 19:54:06 | Last modified: | 2004-05-24 10:11:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-23 19:54:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10584. | 5% 9640 | G.L. Badam. 1977. Fossil mammals of the Upper Siwalik and the problem of the boundary between the Neogene and the Quaternary system in India. Bulletin of the Commission for the Study of the Quaternary Period (47)37-44 [J. Hunter/D. Ehrenburg/J. Hunter] |
Secondary references:
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |