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faunse, such as those of the old alluvium of the Ganges and Jarnna, ol the gravels of the 
Nerbudda Valley, and of certain beds of the Deccan, are grouped provisionally together, as they 
evidently belong to (geologically speaking) the same epoch; at the same time I would observe 
that these beds are nowhere found in direct apposition, and that, therefore, there may be con¬ 
siderable differences in their age. It is also to be borne in mind that many of these formations 
containing distinct groups of animals may really be contemporaneous, the difference in their 
faunas being caused by physical conditions. After the names of certain genera and species m 
the succeeding lists, my own name is added; these genera and species are new to the fossil 
Indian fauna, and full descriptions will subsequently appear in the “ Palseontologia Indica.” 
The following list comprises the known mammaliferous beds of India:— 
Indian Mammaliferous Series. 
SlWALIK. 
SUBATHU 
f Modern alluvia of rivers and plains, containing human 
7 remains and bones of living Mammalia. 
r a .—Old alluvium of Jarnna and Ganges. 
J lj .—Older gravels of Nerbudda and Godavari. 
(. o .—Gravels of the Deccan, 
f d .—Upper Siwalik conglomerates and clays. 
I Siwaliks of Falconer. (Pal. Mem. passim.) 
| Mammaliferous sandstones and clays of Jamu. 
-{ Medlicott: Rec. Geol. Surv., Ind., 
Vol. IX, pt. 2. 
Mammaliferous sandstones and clays of Potwar and Kokat 
L districts: (Wynne: Mem. Geol. Surv.. Ind., Vol. X, pt. 2.) 
Marine mammaliferous sandstones of Chittagong and Sylhet 
Siwaliks (?) of Tibet, 
Manchhar beds of Sind (and Each P) 
Mammaliferous beds of Pegu and Irawadi River. 
Mammaliferous beds of Perim Island. 
Beds at Kushalgbar (forty miles south of Attock) 
Nahan beds of Bakrala Range ... 
.. Nummulitic beds of Salt Range and Fatebjang 
} 
Recent. 
Post Pliocene 
or 
Newer Pliocene. 
[• Pliocene.- 
J 
Upper Miocene (?) 
Upper Miocene (?) 
Miocene. 
Commencing with the uppermost beds in this list, it will be seen that I have grouped 
three (a, b, <?,) together; the two first are placed together on the authority of Dr. Falconer, 
who grouped the older alluvia of the Jamua with the older gravels of the Nerbudda valley, 
on account of the similarity of their faunae (Pal. Mem., vol. II, p. 580.)—The Upper 
Siwalik group I have also placed near these beds (see infra), on account of the distinctness 
of its few mammals from those of the underlying beds : at the same time it must be observed 
that these uppermost beds are conformable to the underlying series, while they are capped by 
unconformable strata, which may be contemporaneous with part of the river alluvia: it 
would, perhaps, be best, therefore, to regard these Upper Siwaliks as “transition beds” 
between the true Siwaliks and the Nerbudda and Jamna series. 
The following list of genei'a and species is 
from the older alluvia of the J amna:— 
Euelephas namadicus, Falc. 
Tetraprotodon palaeindicus Falc. 
Equus (sp.) 
Cervus (sp.) 
given by Falconer (Pal. Mem., vol. II, p. 642) 
Bubalus palseindicus Pale. 
Sus (sp.) 
Bos (sp.) 
Antilope (sp.) 
