Also known as Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis Part VII, Siwalik Hills
Where: Punjab, India (30.7° N, 76.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 77.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Siwalik Group, Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• Fossils are derived from one or both of the Upper Siwalik Formations
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Falconer and Cautley in 1834-1836
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1847. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Being the fossil zoology of the Sewalik Hills in the north of India. Illustrations–Part VIII Suidae and Rhinocerotidae. [A. Jukar/A. Jukar]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 203109: authorized by Advait Jukar, entered by Advait Jukar on 26.07.2019, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Sus hysudricus n. sp. Falconer and Cautley 1847 pig
Sus (Hippohyus) sivalensis n. sp. Falconer and Cautley 1847 pig
Sus giganteus n. sp. Falconer and Cautley 1847 pig | |
"Chalicotherium sivalense n. sp." = Circotherium sivalense
"Chalicotherium sivalense n. sp." = Circotherium sivalense Falconer and Cautley 1847 chalicothere | |
Rhinoceros sivalensis n. sp., Rhinoceros platyrhinus n. sp., Rhinoceros planidens n. sp., Rhinoceros palaeindicus n. sp.
Rhinoceros sivalensis n. sp. Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros platyrhinus n. sp. Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros planidens n. sp. Lydekker 1876 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros palaeindicus n. sp. Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros | |