Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 2): 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 - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
cf. Zygolophodon sp. (Vacek 1877)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Amebelodontinae indet. Barbour 1927
Mammalia - Creodonta
Hyainailouros cf. sulzeri Biedermann 1863
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886
cf. Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
cf. Cynelos sp. Jourdan 1862
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869
Hyoboops palaeindicus
synonym of Sivameryx
"Anthracotherium" punjabiense
cf. Brachyodus sp. Depéret 1895
Mammalia - Suidae
Listriodon cf. pentapotamiae (Falconer 1870)
Conohyus sindiense (Lydekker 1884)
recombined as Conohyus sindiensis
Tetraconodon cf. minor
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcabune sindiense
? Dorcabune anthracotherioides
? Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Progiraffa exigua
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Primates
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758
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:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Manchar
Local section:Bhagothoro Local bed:3
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:71444
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-25 17:23:52 Last modified:2007-04-25 20:23:52
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-25 17:23:50
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]