Cenozoic • Neogene

Nagri Formation

Late Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian)

Stratigraphic position

In the Potwar Basin column

SandstoneFossils recordedConformable

Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type. True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.

This unit (highlighted) within its province column; faded ends continue above and below. Line style marks the contact type.

Coarse-grained fluvial sequence indicating renewed Himalayan uplift and erosion.

Significance. Records Late Miocene Himalayan pulse; important mammal assemblage

Lithology: Grey sandstone with red clay interbeds
Thickness: 500-700 m
Type locality: Nagri, Potwar Plateau

Fossils

Mammal fossilsCrocodilian remainsFreshwater fauna

Provinces

Potwar Basin Kohat Basin Salt Range

Related units

Below · older

Chinji Formation

Neogene

Above · younger

Dhok Pathan Formation

Neogene