Traffic Check Post on Dharmsala (Miocene of India)

Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (32.2° N, 76.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 76.5° E)

When: upper Dharmsala Range Formation (Dharmsala and Siwalik Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; metamorphosed, gray mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Primary reference: B. N. Tiwari, B. C. Verma, and A. Bhandari. 2006. Record of Prodeinotherium (proboscidea: Mammalia) from mid-tertiary dharmsala group of the Kangra valley, NW Himalaya, India: Biochronologic and palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of The Palaeontological Society of India 51:93-100 [M. Uhen/T. Smith/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 214538: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Taylor Smith on 05.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium orlovii Sahni and Tripathi 1957 deinothere