The Soan Formation, in Pakistan, is also subdivided into Tatrot (~3.2 to ~2.6 Ma), Pinjor (~2.2 to ~0.9 Ma) and Boulder Conglomerate (~0.9 to ~0.5 Ma) stages (Dennell et al., 2006 Flynn et al., 2013). However these researchers have refined the Pilgrim's Upper Siwalik subdivisions through magnetic polarity zonation. (1988) in India, and by Corvinus and Nanda (1994) in Nepal. The Pilgrim's subdivisions have been considered valid by Azzaroli and Napoleone (1982) and Ranga Rao et al. The Upper Siwaliks have been subdivided by Pilgrim (1910, 1913) into three lithological and faunal stages: the Tatrot, Pinjor and Boulder Conglomerate. 3.3-0.6 Ma, thus making them one of the longest fluvial sequences of their age in the world. Key words: Rhinoceros, Upper Siwaliks, Pleistocene, Tatrot, Pinjor, Punjab.Īccording to Nanda (1997) the Upper Siwaliks in the Indian subcontinent have a stratigraphic age spanning from the Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene, ca. sondaicus are reported for the first time from the Pinjor stage of the Soan Formation in Pakistan, hence increasing the geographic range of this taxon into Pakistan. sondaicus in the Upper Siwaliks of Pakistan. However there is no previous record of Rhinoceros aff. are previously known from the Upper Siwaliks of Pakistan and India. The studied specimens are determinated as Rhinoceros sp. Stratigraphically the fossil locality in the vicinity of Tatrot village belongs to the Tatrot Stage (~3.5- ~2.58 Ma) of the Soan Formation, whereas the Sardhok and the Jari Kas belong to the Pinjor Stage (~2.58- ~0.9 Ma) of the same Formation. The fossil localities for the present collection include the fluvial sediments exposed near the Tatrot village (district Jhelum), Pabbi Hills near the Sardhok village (district Gujrat), and Jari Kas (district Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan). New dental remains discovered from three different localities of the Upper Siwaliks of northern Pakistan are described in this paper. Retrieved from (Rhinocerotidae)+from+the+Soan+Formation.-a0459387492īyline: Muhammad Khaled Siddiq, Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Akbar Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, Khadija Sarwar and Abdul Majid Khan
MLA style: "New Fossils of Rhinoceros (Rhinocerotidae) from the Soan Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) of Northern Pakistan." The Free Library.