Dang Valley N8: Middle Miocene, Nepal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Claridae indet.
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Protragoceras gluten
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Brachypotherium perimense
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium pentapotamiae
(Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Dinotherium pentapotamiae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Batagurinae informal form A
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Batagurinae informal form B
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Kachuga indet.
Gray 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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cf. Batagur sp.
Gray 1855
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12 specimens | |||||||||
originally entered as "cf. Batagur indet." | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Lissemys punctata
Bonnaterre 1789
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Chitra cf. indica
Gray 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Acrochordidae
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Acrochordus dehmi
Hoffstetter 1964
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37 specimens | |||||||||
sample is greater than 37 specimens | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Tomistoma indet.
Müller 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gavialis sp.
Oppel 1811
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10 specimens | |||||||||
sample is greater than 10 specimens | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Anabantiformes
- Channidae
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Channa informal n. sp.
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unnamed new species | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Nepal |
Coordinates: | 28.2° North, 82.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 22.4° North, 82.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Siwalik | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Considered within the "Hipparion s. l." interval zone of Barry et al. (1982) |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
Collection size: | 88 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Collection is larger than 88 specimens |
Metadata
Database number: | 48681 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Head | Enterer: | J. Head |
Modifier: | J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-27 20:48:34 | Last modified: | 2005-03-27 23:48:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-27 20:48:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12990. | R. M. West, J. H. Hutchison, and J. Munthe. 1991. Miocene vertebrates from the Siwalik Group, Western Nepal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(1):108-129 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy] |