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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
cf. Brachyrhizomys sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1942 mouse | |
Murinae "indet. sp. A", Murinae "indet. sp. B", Murinae "indet. sp. X", Murinae "indet. sp. Y", Mus flynni, Mus jacobsi, cf. Mus sp., Parapelomys robertsi
Murinae "indet. sp. A" mouse
Murinae "indet. sp. B" mouse
Murinae "indet. sp. X" mouse
Murinae "indet. sp. Y" mouse
Mus flynni house mouse
Mus jacobsi house mouse
cf. Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Parapelomys robertsi Jacobs 1978 mouse | |
Pliosiwalagus whitei Patnaik 2001 rabbit | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Suncus cf. murinus Linnaeus 1766 Asian house shrew |