MPM N-18 (Miocene of Nepal)

Where: Dang Valley, Nepal (28.0° N, 82.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 82.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dang Valley Formation (Siwalik Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Our correlation of the Dang Valley assemblage with the fauna of the Chinji Formation of Pakistan, therefore, suggests a basic biological similarity but does not necessarily imply temporal or stratigraphic equivalence.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and claystone

• Buff sandstones and claystones with interbedded purple marlstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1976

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• MPM= Milwaukee Public Museum

Primary reference: R. M. West, J. R. Lukacs, J. Munthe, Jr. and S. T. Hussain. 1978. Vertebrate fauna from Neogene Siwalik Group, Dang Valley, Western Nepal. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1015-1022 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201850: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet. mammal
small
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere