FOSSIL FISH FAUNA FROM THE LOWER SIWALIK BEDS OF JAMMU

摘要

Prospecting for microvertebrates in the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of the Ramnagar area of Jammu province led to the delineation of three piscean producing sites at Dehari, Nambel and Basi. These sites have yielded several isolated dental remains and pectoral and dorsal spines of fishes represented by Cyprinidae, Siluridae, Claridae, Bagridae and Channidae. Siluridae are being reported for the first time from the Siwalik deposits of the Indian subcontinent, whereas Claridae and Bagridae that were known earlier from Middle Siwalik are being reported for the first time from older rocks, thus extending their stratigraphic distribution to the Lower Siwalik.