Also known as Mandiar Pur
Where: Himchal Pradesh, India (31.0° N, 76.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 77.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pinjor Formation (Siwalik Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• The Pinjor and Kalar formations are exposed in this section (+20m). The Pinjor Formation
•consists of alternate beds of sandstone and siltstone with calcrete. Fossils were recovered from the calcretised sandy and silty beds.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. S. Chandel and S. Nath. 2015. Record of Bovidean fossils from the Pinjor Formation of the Siwalik Group, Solan District, Himachal Pradesh. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 60(2):35-45 [J. Head/G. Varnham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 236041: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Grace Varnham on 12.09.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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