Ramadapis sahnii - type locality: Miocene, India
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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Sivaladapidae
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Ramadapis sahnii
Gilbert et al. 2017
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Jammu and Kashmir | County: | Ramnagar |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 75.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 76.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03 - 5.333 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 14 to 11 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Lithology description: The exposure at Sunetar 2 is ~26 m thick and, like the rest of the Ramnagar sequence, is characterized by reddish brown mudstones, paleosols, and occasional thin (<1 m), very fine-grained sands sandwiched between two massive sandstones. There is a pseudo- conglomerate layer composed primarily of mud pebbles, nodules, and concretions that becomes more concretionary at Sunetar 1, where it is full of coprolites and micro- and macro-vertebrate re- mains. The repetitive sequence of thick sandstones overlain by reddish brown mudstones and paleosols is pervasive throughout the Ramnagar sequence and represents major fluvial channels (sandstones) and overbank/floodplain deposits (mudstones/pale- osols). The new sivaladapid specimen was collected atop an ~5 m thick massive sandstone at the base of the Sunetar 2 exposure, but was derived from higher up in the sequence based on its preservation and lack of sand matrix. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 201477 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Slater | Enterer: | A. Wisniewski |
| Created: | 2019-05-08 13:38:59 | Last modified: | 2019-05-08 13:38:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-05-08 13:38:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68766. | C.C. Gilbert, B.A. Patel, N.P. Singh, C.J. Campisano, J.G. Fleagle, K.L. Rust, and R. Patnaik. 2017. New sivaladapid primate from Lower Siwalik deposits surrounding Ramnagar (Jammu and Kashmir State), India. Journal of Human Evolution 102:21-41 [G. Slater/A. Wisniewski] |