Lava
Basic information
Sample name: Lava

Reference: M. A. Khan, M. Akhtar, A. M. Khan, A. Ghaffar, M. Iqbal, and K. Samiullah. 2011. New fossil locality in the middle Miocene of Lava from the Chinji Formation of the Lower Siwaliks, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 43(1):61-72 [ER 4040]
Geography
Country: Pakistan

Coordinate: 32.62° N, 71.94° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Formation: Chinji

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: Serravallian

Geography comments: "11 km south east of the village Lava, district Chakwal (Punjab, Pakistan) and east of Dera Rehmatay Aali along the road opposite to Kas Badri"
coordinate estimated from map in FIg. 1
"late Middle Miocene... The taxa of the site indicate a time range that overlaps with the species in the Chinji Formation correspond to MN6 and MN7/8" (i.e., Serravallian)

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Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "The locality is characterized by sandstone and reddish shale which is characteristic of Chinji Formation of the Siwaliks (Fig. 1). The Formation consists primarily of grey, sandy to muddy fluvial deposits (Barry et al., 2002)... The section consists of shales, siltstones and sandstones"
the fossils were "in a very dense concentration over a small area... The fossils are fragmentary mostly postcranial than the cranial ones. The weathering cracks, abrasion marks and bite marks are frequently noted on the specimens" but it is not clear whether this is a carnivore accumulation

Methods
Life forms: ungulates

Sample size: 21 specimens

Years: 2007 - 2009

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: the specimens were "collected in 2007 - 2009" by "the Zoology Department of Punjab University, Lahore and the Zoology Department of GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan"

Metadata
Sample no: 4455

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-12 11:27:51

Modified: 2024-11-12 11:27:51

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
3 singletons
total count 21
geometric series index: 19.5
Fisher's α: 4.717
geometric series k: 0.7573
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7976
Shannon's H: 1.8429
Good's u: 0.8661
Register
†Gaindatherium browni (rhinoceros)2
†Brachypotherium fatehjangense (rhinoceros)4
†Listriodon pentapotamiae 3
Dorcatherium sp. 1
†Helicoportax cf. tragelaphoides 2
Kubanotragus sp. 1
†Giraffokeryx punjabiensis 7
Deinotherium pentapotamiae = †Prodeinotherium cf. pentapotamiae (deinothere)1