Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 1): Langhian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium pentapotamiae (Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
original and current combination Dinotherium pentapotamiae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Suidae
Listriodon cf. pentapotamiae (Falconer 1870)
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Sind
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 67.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.1° North, 68.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Manchar
Local section:Bhagothoro Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "possibly 15 or 16 my old" (equivalent to Langhian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" silty sandstone
Secondary lithology:brown,gray,red siltstone
Lithology description: this part of the section consists of "sandstone , often silty" that is "frequently trough cross-bedded" and "Grayish-orange, brown, and red silts"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: new collection made in 1975 and/or 1976
Taxonomic list comments:possibly equivalent to collection 35042 (Lower Manchar)
Metadata
Also known as:Manchar
Database number:71442
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-25 17:23:13 Last modified:2007-04-25 20:23:14
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-25 17:23:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24155. S. M. Raza, J. C. Barry, G. E. Meyer and L. Martin. 1984. Preliminary report on the geology and vertebrate fauna of the Miocene Manchar Formation, Sind, Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(4):584-599 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]