Tatrot formation, Upper Siwaliks, near Chandigarh: Late Pliocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon insignis
Falconer 1857
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI = 1. | ||||||||||
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Stegodon bombifrons
Falconer 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Elephas planifrons
Falconer and Cautley 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MNI = 1. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoerus sp.
Gray 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MNI = 1. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon sivalensis
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI = 3. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Leptobos falconeri
Rutimeyer 1878
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI = 1. | ||||||||||
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Bovini indet.
Gray 1821
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI = 2. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Sivatherium giganteum
Bohlin 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI = 1. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Chelonidae indet.
(Bonaparte 1832)
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Reptilia
- Crocodilidae
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Crocodilidae indet.
(Cuvier 1807)
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Siluridae indet.
Cuvier 1816
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Panjab |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 76.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° North, 77.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: Basically fluviatile. Laid down by laterally shifting rivers on a flood plain. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Size sorting: | well |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:This faunal list is an amalgamation of specimens collected at a number of localities in the area. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51104 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-05-27 07:55:52 | Last modified: | 2022-05-09 08:14:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-27 07:55:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13626. | PACED | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 30980 | M. Pickford. 2007. Revision of the Mio-Pliocene bunodont otter-like mammals of the Indian Subcontinent. Estudios Geologicos 63(1):83-127 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |