First perissodactyl footprints from Flysch deposits of the Barail Group (Lower Oligocene) of Manipur,India |
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| Authors: | Hemanta Singh Rajkumar Hendrik Klein |
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| Institution: | 1. United College, Manipur University, Manipur, India
2. Saurierwelt Pal?ontologisches Museum, D-92318, Neumarkt, Germany
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| Abstract: | Two pes imprints of a perissodactyl mammal constituting a single step of a trackway have recently been discovered in Oligocene Flysch deposits of the Barail Group in Manipur, India. The tridactyl, mesaxonic imprints (~7 cm in length) show strong similarities to footprints known from the Paleogene of China and can be attributed to a tapiroid, rhinocerotoid or equoid trackmaker. This is the first record of perissodactyl footprints from the Lower Oligocene of India and the first evidence of mammals in the Barail Group of the age. Remarkable is the occurrence in a marginal marine setting, whereas other known perissodactyl footprints from the Eocene–Oligocene in particular from North America, Europe and China come from fluvio-lacustrine strata. |
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