Rapti River Valley N18: Middle Miocene, Nepal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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cf. Batagur sp.
Gray 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "cf. Batagur indet." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Nepal |
| Coordinates: | 27.9° North, 82.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.0° North, 82.5° 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: | 2 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48675 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Head | Enterer: | J. Head |
| Modifier: | J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-27 20:08:49 | Last modified: | 2005-03-27 23:08:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-27 20:08:48 |
| 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] |