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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Geoemydidae indet. Theobald 1868 turtle listed as "Cuora or Chinemys sp. indet. (pg. 115)" (JA: originally entered as "Cuora indet.")
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Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884 pig | |
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918 mouse | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere |