Where: India (29.0° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 80.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, conglomeratic conglomerate
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: G.L. Badam. 1977. Fossil mammals of the Upper Siwalik and the problem of the boundary between the Neogene and the Quaternary system in India. Bulletin of the Commission for the Study of the Quaternary Period (47)37-44 [J. Hunter/D. Ehrenburg/J. Hunter]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39209: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Dina Ehrenburg on 23.05.2004, edited by Philip Mannion and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
"Geoclemys sivalensis" = Geoclemys hamiltonii
"Geoclemys sivalensis" = Geoclemys hamiltonii Gray 1831 Spotted pond turtle | |
"Colossochelys atlas" = Megalochelys sivalensis
"Colossochelys atlas" = Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1837 turtle | |
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Gavialis browni Mook 1932 gharial | |
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| Mammalia | |
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Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
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Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
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Hemibos sp. Falconer 1865 antelope
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Proamphibos sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
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Chilotherium intermedium Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 one-horned rhinoceros | |
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Hipparion antelopinum hipparionine horse
Equus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1849 horse | |
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