Pagoda at Pyay (Neogene of Myanmar)

Also known as Prome, Pyè

Where: Myanmar (18.8° N, 95.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 96.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: "presented to the Indian Museum by Colonel Arthur Phayre" (Lydekker 1876)

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1876. Descriptions of the molar teeth and other remains of Mammalia. Palaeontologia Indica 10(1):19-87 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 232175: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros iravadicus n. sp. Lydekker 1876 one-horned rhinoceros
"molar tooth"