Tatrot formation, Upper Siwaliks, near Chandigarh (Pliocene of India)

Where: Panjab, India (30.7° N, 76.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 77.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tatrot Formation (Siwalik Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Early-Mid Pliocene. The Tatrot Formation underlies the Pinjor fomation, with the contact between them dated to 2.5Ma (Gauss/Matuyama boundary).

•"upper Siwaliks"

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• Basically fluviatile. Laid down by laterally shifting rivers on a flood plain.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Gaur and S. R. K. Chopra. 1984. Taphonomy, fauna, environment and ecology of Upper Sivaliks (Plio-Pleistocene) near Chandigarh, India. Nature 308:353-358 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51104: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This faunal list is an amalgamation of specimens collected at a number of localities in the area.
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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Siluridae
Siluridae indet.
Siluridae indet. Cuvier 1816 catfish
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodilidae indet." = Crocodylidae
"Crocodilidae indet." = Crocodylidae Cuvier 1807 crocodile
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Chelonidae indet." = Cheloniidae
"Chelonidae indet." = Cheloniidae Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas planifrons, Stegodon bombifrons, Stegodon insignis
Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846 elephant
MNI = 1.
Stegodon bombifrons Falconer 1847 elephant
MNI = 1
Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant
MNI = 1.
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Sivatherium giganteum
Sivatherium giganteum giraffe
MNI = 1.
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Leptobos falconeri, Bovini indet.
Leptobos falconeri Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
MNI = 1.
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
MNI = 2.
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Potamochoerus sp.
Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854 pig
MNI = 1.
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sivalensis
Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
MNI = 3.