MPM N-17: Late/Upper Miocene, Nepal
collected 1976
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Proboscidea indet.
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Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
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Serpentes indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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large | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Brachypotherium perinense
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Nepal | State/province: | Dang Valley |
Coordinates: | 28.0° North, 82.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 24.6° North, 82.7° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Siwalik | Formation: | Dang Valley | ||
Stratigraphy comments: Our correlation of the Dang Valley assemblage with the fauna of the Chinji Formation of Pakistan, therefore, suggests a basic biological similarity but does not necessarily imply temporal or stratigraphic equivalence. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Buff sandstones and claystones with interbedded purple marlstone | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1976 |
Collection method comments: MPM= Milwaukee Public Museum |
Metadata
Database number: | 201849 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2019-06-03 08:01:59 | Last modified: | 2019-06-03 08:01:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-06-03 08:01:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
69080. | R. M. West, J. R. Lukacs, J. Munthe, Jr. and S. T. Hussain. 1978. Vertebrate fauna from Neogene Siwalik Group, Dang Valley, Western Nepal. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1015-1022 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |