Chandigarh (general region) (Pliocene to of India)

Also known as Siwalik Hills; Gavialis leptodus type locality

Where: India (30.8° N, 76.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 77.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• from the Tatrot Formation (late Pliocene) or Pinjor Formation (early Pleistocene)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Cautley in the 1830s; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. E. Martin. 2019. The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan. Papers in Palaeontology 5(3):483-497 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198813: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis leptodus n. sp. Cautley 1868 crocodilian
NHMUK R.39806 - type