Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 16) (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Manchar

Where: Sind, Pakistan (26.3° N, 67.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 68.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Manchar Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• "more than 13 my old" and substantially less than "15 or 16 my old" (probably equivalent to Serravallian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty sandstone

• this part of the section consists almost entirely of "sandstone , often silty" that is "frequently trough cross-bedded"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: new collection made in 1975 and/or 1976

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71451: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876 deinothere
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailouros cf. sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
cf. Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
cf. Hemimeryx pusillus anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884 pig
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
? Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope