Khetpurali (Pliocene of India)

Where: India (30.7° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 77.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tatrot Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• low sinuosity streams
• fine, medium, and coarse-grained, grey sandstones and variegated mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Stidham, K. Krishan, B. Singh, A. Ghosh, and R. Patnaik. 2014. A Pelican Tarsometatarsus (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Latest Pliocene Siwaliks of India. PLoS One 9(11):e11210 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176226: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.02.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd, Grace Varnham and Joanna Wolfe

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Potamidae
Acanthopotamon martensi1
Acanthopotamon martensi1 Wood-Mason 1875 crab
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus palustris2
Crocodylus palustris2 Lesson 1831 mugger crocodile
WIF/A 463 (cranium fragment)
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis cf. gangeticus2
Gavialis cf. gangeticus2 Gmelin 1789 Gharial
WIF/A 460 (partial skull)
Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus ? sivalensis
Pelecanus ? sivalensis Davies 1880 pelican
 Suliformes - Anhingidae
Anhinga sp.3
Anhinga sp.3 Brisson 1760 darter
1Klaus et al. 2017; 2Srivastava and Schleich 2018; 3Stidham et al. 2017