Bhagothoro (Basal Level): Langhian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hyotherium sindiense
Lydekker 1884
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| recombined as Conohyus sindiensis | ||||||||||
| authors' opinion on this ID is unclear | ||||||||||
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Listriodon sp.
von Meyer 1846
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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| "Propalaeomeryx exigua" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcabune sindiense
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Microbunodon cf. silistrensis
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| authors' opinion on this ID is unclear | ||||||||||
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Hyoboops palaeindicus
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| synonym of Sivameryx | ||||||||||
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Hemimeryx blanfordi
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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 | ||||||||||
| "Deinotherium sindiense" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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| "Tetrabelodon angustidens var. palaeindicus" of Pilgrim 1917 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Sind |
| Coordinates: | 26.3° North, 67.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.1° North, 68.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Manchar | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: believed to have come from the same c. 60 m stratigraphic interval at the base of the section yielding collections 1, 13, 2, 14, and 3 of Raza et al. "possibly 15 or 16 my old" (equivalent to Langhian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" silty sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | brown,gray,red siltstone |
| Lithology description: this part of the section consists of "sandstone , often silty" that is "frequently trough cross-bedded" and "Grayish-orange, brown, and red silts" | |
| 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: 1914/1915 collection of B. B. Gupta described by Pilgrim (1917) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:possibly equivalent to collection 35042 (Lower Manchar) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Manchar | ||
| Database number: | 71439 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-25 17:11:31 | Last modified: | 2007-04-25 20:16:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-25 17:11:31 |
| 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] |