Basal Late Miocene Mammal Fauna from Tapar and Pasuda, Kachchh
The Kachchh Peninsula, Gujarat, western India, contains a series of Neogene terrestrial and marine deposits overlying Palaeogene, Cretaceous and Jurassic rocks. Previous studies based on rare and scattered occurrences of terrestrial mammals suggested that only Early and basal Middle Miocene strata were represented in the Neogene of the region, but recent field research has extended the fossil register into the Late Miocene, with taxa such as Hipparion, Kachchhchoerus salinus and Tetraconodon indicus being represented at Tapar and Pasuda. The aim of this contribution is to describe the new collections of mammals from Kachchh in order to refine the biochronology of the deposits. A review of previously known faunas is included to complete the terrestrial Neogene biostratigraphy of the Kachchh sediments.
Introduction7
Materials and methods7
Stratigraphy of Pasuda and Tapar8
Depositional environment of the mammal-bearing strata at Pasuda and Tapar8
Biostratigraphic context of the Kachchh mammal-bearing strata11
Non-Mammalian fauna from Tapar11
Mammalian Fauna from Tapar and Pasuda15
Systematic Palaeontology13
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 182113
Family Muridae Illiger, 181113
Family Cricetidae Fischer de Waldheim, 181713
Family Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 181713
Family Rhizomyidae Winge, 188713
Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 177914
“Insectivore”14
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 182114
Family Amphicyonidae Haeckel, 186614
Superfamily Hominoidea Gray, 182514
Order Sirenia Illiger, 181115
Order Proboscidea Illiger, 181115
Family Gomphotheriidae Hay, 192215
Genus Gomphotherium Burmeister, 183715
Family Deinotheriidae Bonaparte, 184515
Genus Deinotherium Kaup 182915
Species Deinotherium sindiense Lydekker, 188016
Order Perissodactyla Owen, 184816
Family Equidae Gray, 182116
Genus Hipparion Christol, 183216
Hipparion sensu lato16
Family Rhinocerotidae Gray, 182119
Genus Brachypotherium Roger, 190419
Species Brachypotherium perimense (Falconer & Cautley, 1847)19
Rhinocerotidae genus indet. large19
Order Artiodactyla Owen, 184819
Family Anthracotheriidae Gill, 187219
Genus Sivameryx Lydekker, 187819
Species Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker, 187719
Family Suidae Gray, 182120
Genus Kachchhchoerus nov.20
Species Kachchhchoerus salinus (Pilgrim, 1926)20
Genus Tetraconodon Falconer, 186824
Species Tetraconodon indicus (Lydekker, 1884a)24
Family Sanitheriidae Simpson, 194528
Genus Sanitherium Von Meyer 186628
Species Sanitherium schlagintweiti Von Meyer, 186628
Family Tragulidae Milne-Edwards, 186428
Genus Dorcatherium Kaup & Scholl, 183428
Species Dorcatherium minus Lydekker, 187628
Family Giraffidae Gray, 182128
Genus Giraffokeryx Pilgrim, 191028
Species Giraffokeryx punjabiensis Pilgrim, 191028
Genus Giraffa Brisson, 176229
Species Giraffa priscilla Matthew, 192929
Family Bovidae Gray, 182131
Genus Protragocerus Depéret, 188731
Species cf. Protragocerus sp.31
Genus Gazella Blainville, 181632
Species cf. Gazella sp.32
Overview of Kachchh-Cambay Mammal Biostratigraphy32
Palaeoenvironment35
Eustacy and the Kachchh “Faluns”35
Conclusions35
Acknowledgements36
References36
Annex 139
Annex 240
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.02.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen ; 43 |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 Farb- und 8 Schwarzweißabbildungen, 8 Tabellen, 2 Anhänge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 297 mm |
| Gewicht | 200 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie |
| Schlagworte | Indien; Geologie |
| ISBN-10 | 3-89937-199-2 / 3899371992 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-89937-199-4 / 9783899371994 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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