Badam (Pliocene of India)

Where: India (29.0° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 80.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, conglomeratic conglomerate

• large boulder conglomerate

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G.L. Badam. 1977. Fossil mammals of the Upper Siwalik and the problem of the boundary between the Neogene and the Quaternary system in India. Bulletin of the Commission for the Study of the Quaternary Period (47)37-44 [J. Hunter/D. Ehrenburg/J. Hunter]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39209: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Dina Ehrenburg on 23.05.2004, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sivalensis, Hipparion antelopinum
Equus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1849 horse
Hipparion antelopinum hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros palaeindicus, Rhinoceros sivalensis, Chilotherium intermedium
Rhinoceros palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros
Chilotherium intermedium Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp.
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Leptobos sp., Hemibos sp., Bos sp., Bison sp., Bubalus sp., Proamphibos sp.
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Hemibos sp. Falconer 1865 antelope
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Proamphibos sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus sp.
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Colossochelys atlas" = Megalochelys sivalensis
"Colossochelys atlas" = Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1837 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Geoclemys sivalensis" = Geoclemys hamiltonii
"Geoclemys sivalensis" = Geoclemys hamiltonii Gray 1831 Spotted pond turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus biporcatus, Crocodylus palaeindicus
Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer 1859 crocodile
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialis browni
Gavialis browni Mook 1932 gharial