Bhagothoro (Upper Level): Tortonian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp. sensu lato
de Christol 1832
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| "Hipparion punjabiensis" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Rhinoceros svalensis" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Antilopinae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Antelopine n. gen. Pilg. sp. latidens Lyd." of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Sind |
| Coordinates: | 26.3° North, 67.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.8° North, 68.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Manchar | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: believed to have come from the same general stratigraphic interval in the upper part of the section yielding collections 17 of Raza et al. "younger than 9.5 my old" (equivalent to Tortonian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | medium,brown,gray poorly lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Lithology description: this part of the section consists of "grayish-orange and brown, medium to coarse grained, poorly sorted and poorly cemented sandstones, as well as hard, well cemented conglomerates" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 1914/1915 collection of B. B. Gupta described by Pilgrim (1917) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Manchar | ||
| Database number: | 71441 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-25 17:19:54 | Last modified: | 2007-04-25 20:19:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-25 17:19:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24155. | 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] |