Hasnot (Miocene to of Pakistan)
Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.5° N, 73.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 74.4° E)
When: MN14 mammal zone, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, brown, conglomeratic sandstone
• The Hasnot outcrops consist of sandstones with alternate orange brown clays and scattered conglomerates in the lower part, and conglomerates with sandstones and clays in the upper part. The sediments are the products of a fluvial system which led to the formation of a complex landscape exhibiting waters, reedy marshes, meadows of herbs and shrubs,woodlands and forests.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. A. Khan, A. Batool, A. Q. Nayyer and M. Akhtar. 2013. Gazella lydekkeri (Cetartiodactyla: Ruminantia: Bovidae) from the Middle Siwaliks of Hasnot (Late Miocene), Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 45(4):981-988 [G. Slater/G. Slater]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 230348: authorized by Graham Slater, entered by Graham Slater on 10.06.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hydaspitherium cf. megacephalum Lydekker 1878 placental | |
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Gazella lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937 gazelle | |