Butwal N2 (Miocene of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (27.7° N, 83.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 83.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Siwalik Group, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Considered within the "Hipparion s. l." interval zone of Barry et al. (1982)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. M. West, J. H. Hutchison, and J. Munthe. 1991. Miocene vertebrates from the Siwalik Group, Western Nepal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(1):108-129 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48667: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 27.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae indet. Theobald 1868 turtle
listed as "Cuora or Chinemys sp. indet. (pg. 115)" (JA: originally entered as "Cuora indet.")
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884 pig
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918 mouse
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere