Laki Hills (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Lower Siwaliks

Where: Sindh, Pakistan (26.1° N, 67.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 68.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Lower Siwaliks

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Fedden; 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 198814: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis pachyrhynchus n. sp. Lydekker 1886 crocodilian
IM E 30 - type (cast = NHMUK R.602)
Gavialis curvirostris n. sp. Lydekker 1886 crocodilian
IM E 26 - type (IM E 23 and 187 belong to the same individual)