Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 6): Serravallian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Suidae
Listriodon cf. pentapotamiae (Falconer 1870)
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcabune sindiense
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Progiraffa exigua
Mammalia - Creodonta
cf. Pterodon sp. Blainville 1839
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
cf. Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium pentapotamiae (Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
original and current combination Dinotherium pentapotamiae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Amebelodontinae indet. Barbour 1927
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae
cf. Stegolophodon sp. Pohlig 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Sind
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 67.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.7° North, 68.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Manchar
Local section:Bhagothoro Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "more than 13 my old" and substantially less than "15 or 16 my old" (probably equivalent to Serravallian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" silty sandstone
Lithology description: this part of the section consists almost entirely of "sandstone , often silty" that is "frequently trough cross-bedded"
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
Metadata
Also known as:Manchar
Database number:71449
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-25 17:26:50 Last modified:2007-04-25 20:26:50
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-25 17:26:49
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]