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Geologic formation in India
The Pinjor Formation is a Cenozoic geologic formation in India. The fossils of large crocodilians and mammals have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Paleobiota [ edit ]
Reptiles [ edit ]
Reptiles from the Pinjor Formation
Genus
Species
Material
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Rhamphosuchus [2]
R. crassidens
piece of rostrum, middle portion of craniurns, hind portion of mandibular symphysis, quadrate and quadratojugal, partial mandibular symphysis, several vertebrae, left ilium, small left ilium, right fibula, and several scute.
Chandigarh
A large gharial
Gavialis
G. browni
Chandigarh
Gharials
G. gangeticus
G. sp.
Crocodylus
C. palustris
Chandigarh
Mugger Crocodiles
C. biporcatus
C. palaeoindicus
Varanus [3]
V. sivalensis
Distal end of right humerus and dorsal vertebrae
Chandigarh
A large monitor lizard similar to Komodo dragon
Omegachelys
O. sahnii
Uttar Pradesh ,
Himachal Pradesh
A Emydidae Turtle.
Geoclemys
G. hamiltonii
Uttar Pradesh
A Geoemydidae Turtle.
Hardella
H. thurjii
Uttar Pradesh
A Geoemydidae Turtle.
Megalochelys
sp.
Chandigarh
A Soricidae .
Mammals [ edit ]
Crustaceans [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ V. Kumaravel, S. J. Sangode; Rohtash Kumar, N. Siva Siddaiah (2005). "Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Plio–Pleistocene Pinjor Formation (type locality), Siwalik Group, NW Himalaya, India" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . doi :10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad184 .
^ Martin, J. E. (2018). "The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan" (PDF) . Papers in Palaeontology . 5 (3): 483–497. doi :10.1002/spp2.1247 .
^ Hocknull, Scott; Piper, Philip; Van den Bergh, Gert; Due, Rokus; Morwood, Michael; Kurniawan, Iwan (2009). "Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)" . PLOS ONE . 4 (9): e7241. Bibcode :2009PLoSO...4.7241H . doi :10.1371/journal.pone.0007241 . PMC 2748693 . PMID 19789642 .
^ Falconer, Hugh (1868). Palæontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer: Fauna antiqua sivalensis . R. Hardwicke. p. 231 .