Butwal N2: Middle Miocene, Nepal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoemydidae indet.
Theobald 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| listed as "Cuora or Chinemys sp. indet. (pg. 115)" (JA: originally entered as "Cuora indet.") | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Conohyus sindiense
(Lydekker 1884)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Conohyus sindiensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Spalacidae
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Rhizomyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Rhizomyinae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Nepal |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 83.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.8° North, 83.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Siwalik | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Considered within the "Hipparion s. l." interval zone of Barry et al. (1982) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 5 |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48667 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Head | Enterer: | J. Head |
| Modifier: | J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-27 19:34:32 | Last modified: | 2005-03-27 22:39:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-27 19:34:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12990. | 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] |