Bhagothoro (Yale-GSP Locality 16): Serravallian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Hyainailouros cf. sulzeri
Biedermann 1863
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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cf. Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracotheriidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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cf. Hemimeryx pusillus
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcabune sindiense
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? Dorcatherium sp.
Kaup 1839
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Conohyus sindiense
(Lydekker 1884)
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| recombined as Conohyus sindiensis | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
| 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 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Manchar | ||||
| Local section: | Bhagothoro | Local bed: | 10 | ||
| 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: | 71451 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-25 17:27:36 | Last modified: | 2007-04-25 20:27:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-25 17:27:33 |
| 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] |