Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.7° N, 72.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 73.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chinji Formation (Siwalik Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 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 13472: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 28.03.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Amphicyon palaeindicus Falconer and Lydekker 1876 bear-dog | |
Crocuta carnifex spotted hyaena | |
? Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Aceratherium sp., Chilotherium intermedium, "Caementodon oettingenae" = Caementodon (Caementodon) oettingenae, "Didermocerus cf. abeli" = Dicerorhinus, "Didermocerus cf. sumatrensis" = Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Rhinoceros browni, Aprotodon fatehjangense, Brachypotherium perimense
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
"Caementodon oettingenae" = Caementodon (Caementodon) oettingenae Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
"Didermocerus cf. abeli" = Dicerorhinus rhinoceros
"Didermocerus cf. sumatrensis" = Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Fischer 1814 Sumatran rhino
Rhinoceros browni one-horned rhinoceros
Aprotodon fatehjangense Pilgrim 1912 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium perimense rhinoceros | |
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum Forster Cooper 1922 chalicothere | |
Hemimeryx pusillus anthracothere | |
Giraffokeryx punjabensis giraffe | |
Sivaceros cf. gradiens, Helicoportax tragelaphoides, Gazella lydekkeri, Strepsiportax sp., "Helicoportax praecox" = Strepsiportax gluten
Sivaceros cf. gradiens Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Helicoportax tragelaphoides antelope
Gazella lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937 gazelle
"Helicoportax praecox" = Strepsiportax gluten Pilgrim 1937 antelope | |
Dorcabune anthracotherioides, Dorcabune nagrii, Dorcatherium sp., Dorcatherium minus, Dorcatherium majus
Dorcabune anthracotherioides chevrotain
Dorcabune nagrii chevrotain
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
Dorcatherium majus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain | |
Listriodon pentapotamiae Falconer 1870 pig | |
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Deinotheriidae spp. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere |