TITLE:
New Fossil Reptile Records from the Siwalik of North India
AUTHORS:
A. C. Nanda, H. H. Schleich, B. S. Kotlia
KEYWORDS:
Fossils, Reptile, Pinjor Formation, Siwalik, Pliocene-Pleistocene, North India
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.6 No.8,
August
5,
2016
ABSTRACT: From the Siwalik Group of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, new fossil
reptile records are described. The Siwalik fauna from Haryana and Himachal is
recorded from the pre-Pinjor and Pinjor beds (Upper Siwalik Subgroup: Pliocene—Lower
Pleistocene). The reptile fauna includes Crocodylus aff. palustris, Gavialis cf. gangeticus, Rhamphosuchus crassidens, Batagur sp., Geoclemys hamiltoni and Hardella thurjii. The findings are
significant as fossil reptiles from the Siwalik Group are scanty as compared to
the richer mammalian fauna.