Samda: Burdigalian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Indosiren koenisgwaldi
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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: | India |
Coordinates: | 27.5° North, 76.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 20.9° North, 76.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Khari | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Khari Series", Aida Stage |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 87723 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-03-23 08:11:33 | Last modified: | 2009-03-23 10:11:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-23 08:11:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11991. | A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |