Nagri Stratotype Fauna (Miocene of Pakistan)

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.8° N, 72.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 73.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nagri Formation (Siwalik Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial

Primary reference: J. J. M. Moonen, P. Y. Sondaar, and S. T. Hussain. 1978. A comparison of larger fossil mammals in the stratotypes of the Chinji, Nagri and Dhok Pathan Formations (Punjab, Pakistan). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry 81(4):425-436 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13473: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 28.03.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Review of collections made from type locality of the Nagri Formation
unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus pilgrimi Colbert 1933 aardvark
Orycteropus browni Colbert 1933 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae spp. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere
 Primates - Sivaladapidae
"Sivanasua himalayensis" = Indraloris himalayensis
"Sivanasua himalayensis" = Indraloris himalayensis Pilgrim 1932 primate
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon palaeindicus Falconer and Lydekker 1876 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta carnifex spotted hyaena
Crocuta gigantea spotted hyaena
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffokeryx punjabiensis Pilgrima 1910 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Gazella lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937 gazelle
Sivaceros gradiens Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Selenoportax vexillarius Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Tragoportax sp. Pilgrim 1937 antelope
"Helicoportax praecox" = Strepsiportax gluten Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Pachyportax sp. Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Pachyportax latidens Lydekker 1876 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcabune nagrii chevrotain
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
Dorcatherium majus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeochoerus perimensis even-toed ungulate
Spelled Paleochoerus in original
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
Listriodon pentapotamiae Falconer 1870 pig
"Conohyus sindiense" = Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884 pig
originally entered as "Conophyus sindiense
Conohyus indicus Lydekker 1884 pig
originally entered as "Conophyus indicus"
Hippohyus deterrai Lewis 1934 pig
originally entered as "Hippophyus deterrai"
"Dicoryphochoerus robustus" = Hippopotamodon pig
originally entered as "Dicoryphochorus robustus"
"Dicoryphochoerus haydeni" = Hippopotamodon pig
originally entered as "Dicoryphochorus haydeni"
"Dicoryphochoerus sp." = Hippopotamodon Lydekker 1877 pig
originally entered as "Dicoryphochorus sp."
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Merycopotamus dissimilis Falconer and Cautley 1847 anthracothere
Hemimeryx pusillus anthracothere
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
Hydaspitherium megacephalum Lydekker 1878 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion nagriensis hipparionine horse
Hipparion theobaldi hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Chilotherium intermedium Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
Chilotherium intermedium intermedium
Rhinoceros vidali one-horned rhinoceros
Aprotodon fatehjangense Pilgrim 1912 rhinoceros
"Caementodon oettingenae" = Caementodon (Caementodon) oettingenae Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum Forster Cooper 1922 chalicothere