Bhagothoro (Intermediate Level): Serravallian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Hemimeryx pusillus
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hyotherium chinjiense
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| authors' opinion on this ID is unclear | ||||||||||
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Listriodon pentapotamiae
(Falconer 1870)
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffokeryx punjabiensis
Pilgrima 1910
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| "Giraffokeryx chinjiense" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcabune anthracotherioides
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Dorcatherium minus
Lydekker 1876
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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| "Tetrabelodon macrognathus" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Sind |
| Coordinates: | 26.3° North, 67.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.7° North, 68.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Manchar | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: believed to have come from the same c. 40 m stratigraphic interval in the middle of the section yielding collections 5, 4, 6, 15, and 16 of Raza et al. "more than 13 my old" and substantially less than "15 or 16 my old" (probably equivalent to Serravallian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: this part of the section consists almost entirely of "sandstone , often silty" that is "frequently trough cross-bedded" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 1914/1915 collection of B. B. Gupta described by Pilgrim (1917) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Manchar | ||
| Database number: | 71440 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-25 17:16:45 | Last modified: | 2007-04-25 20:16:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-25 17:16:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24155. | S. M. Raza, J. C. Barry, G. E. Meyer and L. Martin. 1984. Preliminary report on the geology and vertebrate fauna of the Miocene Manchar Formation, Sind, Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(4):584-599 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |