Sardhok (Pliocene to of Pakistan)

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.9° N, 74.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 74.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Upper Siwaliks

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Siddiq, M. A. Khan, K. Mahmood, M. A. Babar, and M. Akhtar. 2016. Some new remains of Hexaprotodon (Mammalia, Hippopotamidae) from the Pinjor Formation of Sardhok, Pakistan. Science International 28(3):2581-2584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 189825: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2017, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Praesinomegaceros bakri Croitor et al. 2021 deer
basal part of right antler PUPC 13/ 21; the antler fragment PUPC 67/293