Dang Valley N28: Middle Miocene, Nepal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium pentapotamiae
(Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
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2 specimens | ||||||
original and current combination Dinotherium pentapotamiae | |||||||
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: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 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 |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
Collection size: | 2 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 48699 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Head | Enterer: | J. Head |
Modifier: | J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-28 18:43:35 | Last modified: | 2005-03-28 21:43:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-28 18:43:34 |
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] |