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
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 indet. proboscidean | |
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae
"Deinotherium pentapotamiae" = Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876 deinothere | |
Hyainailouros cf. sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont | |
cf. Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog | |
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
cf. Hemimeryx pusillus anthracothere | |
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884 pig | |
Dorcabune sindiense chevrotain
? Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope |