Tatrot Formation

Tatrot Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene to Pliocene
TypeGeologic formation
UnderliesPinjor Formation
OverliesDhok Pathan Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherMudstone
Location
RegionSiwalik Hills
CountryPakistan,
India
Type section
Named forTatrot Village, Pakistan
Saketi Beds
Tatrot Formation (India)
Tatrot Beds
Tatrot Formation (Pakistan)

The Tatrot Formation is a geological formation in Siwalik Hills of Northern India and Pakistan that date back to Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs.[1]

Paleobiota

Mammals

Eulipotyphlas from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Suncus[1] cf. S. murinus Saketi Beds A crocidurine soricid.
Rodents from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Palaeomys[1] sp. Saketi Beds A castorid.
Miorhizomys[1] M. pilgrimi Saketi Beds A rhizomyine spalacid.
Rhizomyides[1] R. saketiensis Saketi Beds A rhizomyine spalacids.
R. punjabiensis
R. sivalensis
Mus[1] M. flynni Saketi Beds A murine murid.
M. jacobsi
Hadromys[1] H. primitivus Saketi Beds A murine murid.
H. moginandensis
Cremnomys[1] cf. C. cutchicus Saketi Beds A murine murid.
Bandicota[1] B. sivalensis Saketi Bed A murine murid.
Parapelomys[1] P. robertsi Saketi Beds A murine murid.
cf. P. robertsi
Golunda[1] G. tatroticus Saketi Beds A murine murid.
Dilatomys[1] D. moginandensis Saketi Beds A murine murid.
Protatera[1] cf. P. kabulense Saketi Beds A gerbilline murid.
Abudhabia[1] cf. A. kabulense Saketi Beds A gerbilline murid.
Lagomorphs from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Pliosiwalagus[1] P. whitei Saketi Beds A Leporid.
Proboscideans from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Pentalophodon[1] P. khetpuraliensis Saketi Beds A gomphothere.
Anancus A.? perimensis Saketi Beds A gomphothere.
A. sivalensis[2]
Stegodon[1] S. bombifrons Tatrot Beds A Stegodontidae.
S. sp.[3] Saketi Beds
Feliforms from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Saketoteron[1] S. tatroinse Saketi Beds Partial Mandibular Ramus. A nimravinae nimravid.
Metailurus[4] cf. M. hengduanshanensis Tatrot Beds A machairodontine felid.
Lycyaena[4] cf. L. dubia Tatrot Beds A hyaenid.
Caniforms from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Amblonyx[4] A. barryi Tatrot Beds A lutrine mustelid.
Enhydriodon[4] E. falconeri Tatrot Beds, Saketi Beds A lutrine mustelid.
Perissodactylas from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Subchilotherium[1] S. intermedium Saketi Beds An aceratheriine rhinocerotid.
Hipparion[1] H. antilopinum Saketi Beds An equine equid.
Cormohipparion[1] C. theobaldi Saketi Beds An equine equid.
Artiodactylas from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Antilope[5] A. intermedia Tatrot Beds An antilopine bovid.
Merycopotamus[1] M. dissimilis Saketi Beds A bothriodontine anthracotheriid.
Hippohyus[1] H. tatroti Saketi Beds A suid.
Proamphibos[1] P. kashmiricus Saketi Beds, Tatrot Beds A bovine bovid.
Probison[1] P. dehumi Saketi Beds A bovine bovid

Reptiles

Crocodilian from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Rhamphosuchus R. crassidens Saketi Beds A gavialine crocodillian.
Gavialis[6] G. leptodus Saketi Beds A gavialine crocodilian.
Turtles from the Tatrot formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Pangshura[7] P. tatrotia Tatrot Beds A geoemydine geoemydid.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Tatrot Formation". indplex.geolex.org. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  2. ^ Kumar, S. (2026). "On the occurrence of Anancus sivalensis from the Tatrot Formation (Pliocene) of Upper Siwaliks of Indian subcontinent". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 28 (3) e20250539. doi:10.4072/rbp.2025.3.0539.
  3. ^ Sankhyan, A. R.; Abbas, S. G.; Sehgal, R. K. (2025). "Stegodon sp. from a new Early Pliocene locality, Jadla Koeri, Una District of Himachal Pradesh, India". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen. 315 (1): 87–97. Bibcode:2025NJGPA.315...87S. doi:10.1127/njgpa/1267.
  4. ^ a b c d Jasinski, Steven E.; Abbas, Sayyed Ghyour; Mahmood, Khalid; Babar, Muhammad Adeeb; Khan, Muhammad Akbar (2022-10-16). "New Carnivoran (Mammalia: Carnivora) specimens from the Siwaliks of Pakistan and India and their faunal and evolutionary implications". An International Journal of Paleobiology. 35 (11): 2217–2252. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2138376.
  5. ^ Khan, M. A.; Akhtar, M. (8 February 2014). "Antelopes (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Bovidae) from the Upper Siwaliks of Tatrot, Pakistan, with description of a new species". Paleontological Journal. 48 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1134/S0031030114010055. ISSN 0031-0301. Retrieved 3 June 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
  6. ^ Martin, J. E. (2019). "The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 5 (3): 483–497. Bibcode:2019PPal....5..483M. doi:10.1002/spp2.1247. S2CID 134966832.
  7. ^ Joyce, Walter G. & Lyson, Tyler R. (2010-08-04). "Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (3): 449–458. Bibcode:2010JSPal...8..449J. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.500879. S2CID 54803213.
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