Also known as Kargil-Akchamal-Batalik Road
Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (34.6° N, 76.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 76.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kargil Formation (Ladakh Molasse Group), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• Wakka Chu section - K/7b horizon
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; red mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. C. Nanda and A. Sahni. 1990. Oligocene vertebrates from Ladakh Molasse group, Ladakh: palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of Himalayan Geology 1:1-10 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180532: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Cryptomeryx savagei n. sp." = Nalameryx savagei, Lophiomeryx kargilensis n. sp.
"Cryptomeryx savagei n. sp." = Nalameryx savagei Nanda and Sahni 1990 ruminant WIF/A 411 - type; referred specimens: WIF/A 412-415
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Fallomus razae, Fallomus ladakhensis n. sp.
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