Kanthro (Pliocene of India)

Where: India (30.5° N, 77.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 77.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tatrot Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Markanda River Section

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ferruginous, tuffaceous, gray mudstone and sandstone

• Estimated from figured stratigraphic section

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: R. Patnaik. 1997. New murids and gerbellids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Pliocene Siwalik sediments of India. Palaeovertebrata 26(1-4):129-165 [W. Clyde/W. Clyde]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70523: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 27.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
cf. Brachyrhizomys sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1942 mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus flynni house mouse
Mus jacobsi house mouse
cf. Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Parapelomys robertsi Jacobs 1978 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pliosiwalagus whitei Patnaik 2001 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Suncus cf. murinus Linnaeus 1766 Asian house shrew