Sardhok: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Indratherium compressus n. sp.
Khan and Sarwar 2002
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Punjab | County: | Gujarat |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 74.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 74.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Pinjorian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 109699 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-21 06:28:19 | Last modified: | 2011-05-20 16:28:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-21 06:28:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36236. | A. A. Khan and M. Sarwar. 2002. A new Indratherium fossil giraffe Indratherium compressus sp. nov. from Siwalik Formations of Pakistan. Journal of Research (Science) 13(2):139-144 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |