Noorpur, Chambal (Miocene of India)

Also known as Nurpúr

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (26.4° N, 77.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° N, 77.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Formation (Siwalik Group), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1876. Descriptions of the molar teeth and other remains of Mammalia. Palaeontologia Indica 10(1):19-87 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 232179: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.10.2023

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon palaeindicus n. sp. Falconer and Lydekker 1876 bear-dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus primigenius" = Hippotherium primigenium
"Equus primigenius" = Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse