Tatrot FormationStratigraphic range : Late Miocene to Pliocene 5.5–2.58 Ma Type Geologic formation Underlies Pinjor Formation Overlies Dhok Pathan Formation Lithology Primary Sandstone Other Mudstone Location Region Siwalik Hills Country Pakistan,India Type section Named for Tatrot 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]
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Mammals
Eulipotyphlas from the Tatrot formation
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Suncus [ 1]
cf. S. murinus
Saketi Beds
A crocidurine soricid .
Rodents from the Tatrot formation
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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
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Pliosiwalagus [ 1]
P. whitei
Saketi Beds
A Leporid .
Caniforms from the Tatrot formation
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Amblonyx [ 4]
A. barryi
Tatrot Beds
A lutrine mustelid .
Enhydriodon [ 4]
E. falconeri
Tatrot Beds, Saketi Beds
A lutrine mustelid.
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↑ 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). doi :10.4072/rbp.2025.3.0539 .
↑ 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. doi :10.1127/njgpa/1267 . Bibcode : 2025NJGPA.315...87S .
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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 . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365095742_New_Carnivoran_Mammalia_Carnivora_specimens_from_the_Siwaliks_of_Pakistan_and_India_and_their_faunal_and_evolutionary_implications .
↑ 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" (in en). Paleontological Journal 48 (1): 79–89. doi :10.1134/S0031030114010055 . ISSN 0031-0301 . https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030114010055 . Retrieved 3 June 2025 .
↑ Martin, J. E. (2019). "The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 5 (3): 483–497. doi :10.1002/spp2.1247 . Bibcode : 2019PPal....5..483M . https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02123647/file/2019Gavialis.pdf .
↑ 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. doi :10.1080/14772019.2010.500879 . Bibcode : 2010JSPal...8..449J .
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