Ramanagar: Middle Miocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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? Miotragoceras sp.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Prodeinotherium sp.
Ehik 1930
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| n.sp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Tetralophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Dissopsalis sp.
Pilgrim 1910
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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? Eomellivora sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverra chinjiensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Vishnufelis sp.
Pilgrim 1932
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium sp.
Kaup 1833
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Gaindatherium browni
Colbert 1934
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Brachypotherium perimense
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Chilotherium sp.
Ringström 1924
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracotherium punjabiense
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Hemimeryx pusillus
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hippopotamodon haydeni
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Conohyus sindiense
(Lydekker 1884)
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| recombined as Conohyus sindiensis | ||||||||||
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Listriodon sp.
von Meyer 1846
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Listriodon pentapotamiae
(Falconer 1870)
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium informal sp. 1
Kaup 1839
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Dorcatherium informal sp. 2
Kaup 1839
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Dorcatherium minus
Lydekker 1876
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Dorcabune anthracotheroides
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Dorcabune sp.
Pilgrim 1910
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa priscilla
Pilgrim 1911
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Giraffokeryx punjabiensis
Pilgrima 1910
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Progiraffa sp.
Pilgrim 1908
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Helicoportax praecox
Pilgrim 1937
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| synonym of Strepsiportax gluten | ||||||||||
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Protragocerus gluten
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Helicoportax tragelaphoides
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Kubanotragus sokolovi
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Sivacanthion complicates
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Kanisamys sp.
Wood 1937
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Sivaladapis palaeindicus
(Pilgrim 1932)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Sivapithecus simonsi
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Sivapithecus indicus
Pilgrim 1910
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Sivapithecus sivalensis
(Lydekker 1879)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Sivapithecus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Jammu and Kashmir | County: | Ramanagar |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 75.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.8° North, 76.6° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,current ripples,gray,green lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Aranaceous units alternating with argillaceous units. Aranaceous units dominated by sandstones over siltstones: medium to coarse-grained, highly weathered, micaceous, moderately compact with high percentage of undigested rock particles. Dirty-green to gray. Argillaceous units are claystones with some shales: loose, and green to pink weathered. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:authors note: carnivores, rodents, perissodactyls, artiodactyls, reptiles, fish and plants remains | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11797 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, A. Turner | Enterer: | J. Finarelli, H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-09-10 08:37:33 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 04:59:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-09-10 08:37:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4195. | 5% 30880 | R. N. Vasishat, S. Kaul, and S.R. Chopra. 1979. Additional fossil suid material from the lower Siwalik of Ramnagar, J&K State, India. Proceedings of Colloqium on Paleontological studies in southern region, Miscellaneous Publications of the Geological Survey of India (45)219-225 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde] |
Secondary references:
| 13624 | PACED | 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] |