Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 2) (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Manchar

Where: Sind, Pakistan (26.3° N, 67.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 68.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Manchar Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• "possibly 15 or 16 my old" (equivalent to Langhian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty sandstone and brown, gray, red siltstone

• this part of the section consists of "sandstone , often silty" that is "frequently trough cross-bedded" and "Grayish-orange, brown, and red silts"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: new collection made in 1975 and/or 1976

Primary reference: S. M. Raza, J. C. Barry, G. E. Meyer and L. Martin. 1984. Preliminary report on the geology and vertebrate fauna of the Miocene Manchar Formation, Sind, Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(4):584-599 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71444: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• possibly equivalent to collection 35042 (Lower Manchar)
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet.
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
cf. Zygolophodon sp.
cf. Zygolophodon sp. Vacek 1877 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Amebelodontinae indet.
Amebelodontinae indet. Barbour 1927 gomphothere
 Placentalia -
Primates indet.
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758 primate
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailouros cf. sulzeri
Hyainailouros cf. sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet., cf. Amphicyon sp., cf. Cynelos sp.
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
cf. Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog
cf. Cynelos sp. Jourdan 1862 bear-dog
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet.
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcabune sindiense, ? Dorcabune anthracotherioides, ? Dorcatherium sp.
? Dorcabune anthracotherioides Pilgrim 1910 chevrotain
? Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Progiraffa exigua
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet., cf. Brachyodus sp., "Hyoboops palaeindicus" = Sivameryx, "Anthracotherium" punjabiense
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
cf. Brachyodus sp. Depéret 1895 anthracothere
"Hyoboops palaeindicus" = Sivameryx anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Tetraconodon cf. minor, "Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis, Listriodon cf. pentapotamiae
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884 pig
Listriodon cf. pentapotamiae Falconer 1870 pig