Where: Nepal (28.2° N, 82.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 82.2° 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,
• Collection is larger than 88 specimens
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 48681: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 27.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
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Reptilia | |
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Batagurinae "form A" Gray 1870 turtle
Batagurinae "form B" Gray 1870 turtle
? Kachuga indet. Gray 1869 roofed turtle | |
Chitra cf. indica Gray 1831 softshell turtle
Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Lissemys punctata Bonnaterre 1789 softshell turtle | |
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cf. Tomistoma indet. Müller 1846 false gharial | |
Mammalia | |
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876 deinothere | |
Brachypotherium perimense rhinoceros |