Dang Valley N47 (Miocene of Nepal)

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,

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 48706: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 28.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
cf. Batagur sp. Gray 1855 turtle