Samda: Burdigalian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Indosiren koenisgwaldi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium pentapotamiae (Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
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]