Author(s)

A. C. Nanda¹, H. H. Schleich², B. S. Kotlia^3*

¹Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India.
²Fuhlrott Museum & Research Institute, Wuppertal, Germany.
³Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital, India.

From the Siwalik Group of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, new fossil reptile records are described. The Siwalik fauna from Haryana and Himachal is recorded from the pre-Pinjor and Pinjor beds (Upper Siwalik Subgroup: Pliocene—Lower Pleistocene). The reptile fauna includes Crocodylus aff. palustris, Gavialis cf. gangeticus, Rhamphosuchus crassidens, Batagur sp., Geoclemys hamiltoni and Hardella thurjii. The findings are significant as fossil reptiles from the Siwalik Group are scanty as compared to the richer mammalian fauna.

Fossils, Reptile, Pinjor Formation, Siwalik, Pliocene-Pleistocene, North India

Nanda, A. , Schleich, H. and Kotlia, B. (2016) New Fossil Reptile Records from the Siwalik of North India. Open Journal of Geology, 6, 673-691. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2016.68052.