RECORD OF A LATE MIOCENE SUID, TETRACONODONINTERMEDIUS FROM THEBARIPADA BEDS (MAYURBHANJ,ORISSA): AGE IMPLICATIONS

摘要

The highly fossiliferous marine deposits of the Baripada Beds have been assigned ages ranging from Eocene to Pleistocene primarily based on biostratigraphic ally long-ranging foraminfers, molluscs and selachians. We describe here a short ranging (Late Miocene) suid, Tetraconodon intermedius from these beds for the first time. A detailed comparison and biostratigraphic correlation of our finding with similar finds from the Nagri-Dhok Pathan transition of the Siwalik of Jammu and the Irrawaddy beds of Myanmar allows us to provide a smaller age window of ~10-8 Ma to these beds.