Chinji Stratotype Fauna (Miocene of Pakistan)

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.7° N, 72.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 73.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chinji Formation (Siwalik Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. J. M. Moonen, P. Y. Sondaar, and S. T. Hussain. 1978. A comparison of larger fossil mammals in the stratotypes of the Chinji, Nagri and Dhok Pathan Formations (Punjab, Pakistan). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry 81(4):425-436 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13472: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 28.03.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Review of collections made from type locality of the Chinji Formation
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unclassified
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Trilophodontidae spp., Eurhinoceros sp., Conophyus sindiense, Dicoryphochorus heydeni
Eurhinoceros sp.
Incertae sedis
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae spp.
Deinotheriidae spp. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon palaeindicus
Amphicyon palaeindicus Falconer and Lydekker 1876 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta carnifex
Crocuta carnifex spotted hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
? Hipparion sp.
? Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum Forster Cooper 1922 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Didermocerus cf. abeli" = Dicerorhinus, "Didermocerus cf. sumatrensis" = Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Aprotodon fatehjangense, Brachypotherium perimense, Rhinoceros browni, "Caementodon oettingenae" = Caementodon (Caementodon) oettingenae, Chilotherium intermedium, Aceratherium sp.
"Didermocerus cf. abeli" = Dicerorhinus rhinoceros
"Didermocerus cf. sumatrensis" = Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Fischer 1814 Sumatran rhino
Aprotodon fatehjangense Pilgrim 1912 rhinoceros
Rhinoceros browni one-horned rhinoceros
"Caementodon oettingenae" = Caementodon (Caementodon) oettingenae Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
Chilotherium intermedium Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
Chilotherium intermedium intermedium
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Hemimeryx pusillus
Hemimeryx pusillus anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Propotamochoerus salinus, Listriodon pentapotamiae
Listriodon pentapotamiae Falconer 1870 pig
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeochoerus perimensis
Palaeochoerus perimensis even-toed ungulate
Spelled Paleochoerus in original
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp., Dorcatherium minus, Dorcatherium majus, Dorcabune anthracotherioides, Dorcabune nagrii
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
Dorcatherium majus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
Dorcabune nagrii chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffokeryx punjabensis
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella lydekkeri, Strepsiportax sp., "Helicoportax praecox" = Strepsiportax gluten, Sivaceros cf. gradiens, Helicoportax tragelaphoides
Gazella lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937 gazelle
Strepsiportax sp. Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Spelled Strepsipotax in original
"Helicoportax praecox" = Strepsiportax gluten Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Sivaceros cf. gradiens Pilgrim 1939 antelope