Ladhyani: Late/Upper Miocene, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Kanisamys sivalensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomyoides sivalensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion punjabiense
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium lydekkeri
Mammalia - Suidae
Dicoryphochoerus titan
synonym of Hippopotamodon
Mammalia - Soricidae
Siwalikosorex parasadi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon bombifrons Falconer 1847
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 76.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.5° North, 77.6° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Miocene
*International age/stage:Pontian - Pontian *Local age/stage:Middle Siwalik - Dhok Pathan
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ladhyani Ossiferous Horizon. The ossiferous horizon is lenticular with a thickness of 0.75 m and a lateral extent of 5.5 m and occurs in the Dhok Pathan Stage of the Middle Siwalik
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: Lithologically, this bed consists of a grey coloured arenaceous shale. The sand is medium grained and well-sorted. ... Weathered surfaces show a brownish-grey colour with bone fragments.
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13060
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-01-18 07:46:22 Last modified:2007-10-10 16:03:08
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-18 07:46:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4341.5% 14600A. Sahni and K. Khare. 1977. A middle Siwalik fish fauna from Ladhyani (Haritalyangar), Himachal Pradesh. Biological Memoirs, Lucknow 2(1 & 2):187-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]