Uttarbeni-Parmandal section, Lower Nagrota Formation, Upper Siwaliks, Jammu prov: Late/Upper Pliocene, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Stegodon insignis
Falconer 1857
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Elephas hysudriscus
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| Very high in the sequence - found just below the middle tuff. Earliest occurence of Elephas in the Indian sub-continent. | ||||||||||
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Elephas planifrons
Falconer and Cautley 1846
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Stegodontidae
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Stegolophodon sp.
Pohlig 1888
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus sp.
Aymard 1855
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Cormohipparion sp.
Skinner and MacFadden 1977
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon sivalensis
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Propotamochoerus hysudriscus
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Hippohyus sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Jammu |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 74.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 75.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nagrota | Member: | Lower | ||
| Local section: | Uttarbeni-Paramandal | Local bed: | Uttarbeni-Paramandal | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Two distinct faunal zones in the Nagrota formation, separated by two tuffs dated to ~2.5Ma. The turnover is from Stegodon to Elephas, etc. This list is the earlier part.
Upper Siwaliks | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:This faunal list is a composite of collections from a number of localities in the area. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51101 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-05-27 07:20:36 | Last modified: | 2022-04-26 09:43:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-27 07:20:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |