Where: Punjab, Pakistan (33.6° N, 72.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 29.4° N, 73.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Dhok Pathan Formation (Siwalik Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. J. M. Moonen, P. Y. Sondaar, and S. T. Hussain. 1978. A comparison of larger fossil mammals in the stratotypes of the Chinji, Nagri and Dhok Pathan Formations (Punjab, Pakistan). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry 81(4):425-436 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13474: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 28.03.2002, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Choerolophodon corrugatus proboscidean | |
Deinotheriidae spp. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere | |
Crocuta carnifex spotted hyaena
Crocuta gigantea spotted hyaena | |
Hydaspitherium megacephalum Lydekker 1878 placental | |
Rhinoceros cf. sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros
Brachypotherium perimense rhinoceros | |
Hipparion theobaldi hipparionine horse
Hipparion antilopinum hipparionine horse | |
Listriodon pentapotamiae Falconer 1870 pig | |
"Sivaceros cf. gradiens" = Miotragocerus gradiens, Tragoportax salmontanus, Selenoportax lydekkeri, Gazella lydekkeri, Tragocerus browni, Tragocerus punjabicus, Pachyportax latidens
"Sivaceros cf. gradiens" = Miotragocerus gradiens Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Tragoportax salmontanus Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Selenoportax lydekkeri antelope
Gazella lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937 gazelle
Tragocerus browni antelope
Tragocerus punjabicus antelope
Pachyportax latidens Lydekker 1876 antelope | |
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcatherium majus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
Dorcabune nagrii chevrotain | |
Merycopotamus dissimilis Falconer and Cautley 1847 anthracothere |