Z120: Burdigalian - Serravallian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Reptilia - Ophidia
Ophidia indet. Latreille 1804
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Mammalia
Ruminantia indet. Scopoli 1777
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Tragulidae indet. Milnes-Edwards 1864
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Progiraffa exigua
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869
Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883
? Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883
Microbunodon silistrense (Pentland 1828)
Mammalia - Sanitheriidae
Sanitheriidae indet. Simpson 1945
Mammalia - Suidae
Listriodon ? gupti
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Creodonta
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Potwarmus mahmoodi Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Myocricetodon sivalensis
Myocricetodon tomidai n. sp. Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
PMNH 394 - type
Primus microps de Bruijn et al. 1981
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Democricetodon informal species A
Democricetodon informal species B
Democricetodon informal species X
Democricetodon khani de Bruijn et al. 1981
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
? Megacricetodon sp. (Fahlbusch 1964)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Prokanisamys sp. de Bruijn et al. 1981
PMNH 543 and 2415
Prokanisamys arifi
PMNH 591, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2420, 2422, 2423, 320, 2424–2427, 2428, 2429
Prokanisamys major
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
PMNH 382 and 2419
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Ctenodactylidae indet. Gervais 1853
Sayimys sp. Wood 1937
Sayimys cf. intermedius
Mammalia - Proboscidea
Elephantoidea indet. Gray 1821
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Pila sp. Röding 1798
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Baluchistan
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 70.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.1° North, 71.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Serravallian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vihowa
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Vihowa Formation is late Early Miocene (assemblage B fauna) to Middle Miocene (assemblage C fauna), see Antoine et al. 2013.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Z 120; Zinda Pir Dome
Database number:180629
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-07-22 09:28:45 Last modified:2022-02-14 10:42:35
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-22 09:28:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

59924. E. H. Lindsay, L. J. Flynn, I. U. Cheema, J. C. Barry, K. Downing, A. R. Rajpar, and S. M. Raza. 2005. Will Downs and the Zinda Pir Dome. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):19A:1-18 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

79302 P. -L. Antoine, G. Métais, M. J. Orliac, J.-Y. Crochet, L. J. Flynn, L. Marivaux, A. R. Rajpar, G. Roohi, and J. Welcomme. 2013. Chapter 16: Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan. In X. Wang, L. Flynn, M. Fortelius (eds.), Fossil Mammals of Asia 400-422 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]
59927 E. H. Lindsay and L. J. Flynn. 2016. Late Oligocene and Early Miocene Muroidea of the Zinda Pir Dome. Historical Biology 28(1-2):215-236 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]