Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 6): Serravallian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon cf. pentapotamiae
(Falconer 1870)
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcabune sindiense
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Progiraffa exigua
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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cf. Pterodon sp.
Blainville 1839
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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cf. Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium pentapotamiae
(Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
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original and current combination Dinotherium pentapotamiae | |||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodontinae indet.
Barbour 1927
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Stegodontidae
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cf. Stegolophodon sp.
Pohlig 1888
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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] |