Where: Jammu, India (32.7° N, 74.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 75.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Upper Member (Nagrota Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Two distinct faunal zones in the Nagrota formation, separated by two tuffs dated to ~2.5Ma. The turnover is from Stegodon to Elephas, etc. This list is the later part.
•Upper Siwaliks
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. K. Basu. 2004. Siwalik mammals of the Jammu Sub-Himalaya, India: an appraisal of their diversity and habitats. Quaternary International 117:105-118 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51102: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Elephas hysudriscus elephant
Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846 elephant
Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant | |
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Viverra sp. n. sp.
Viverra sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758 civet | |
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat | |
Equus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1849 horse | |
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Sivatherium giganteum giraffe | |
Hemibos acuticornis Falconer and Cautley 1868 antelope
Antilope sp. Pallas 1766 antelope | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine |