Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon: Middle Miocene, Pakistan
collected 2015-2018
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon pentapotamiae
(Falconer 1870)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella lydekkeri
Pilgrim 1937
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Elachistoceras khauristanensis
Thomas 1977
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffokeryx punjabiensis
Pilgrima 1910
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Giraffa priscilla
Pilgrim 1911
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium majus
Lydekker 1876
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Merycopotamus nanus
Falconer 1868
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| synonym of Dorcatherium majus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium pentapotamiae
(Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
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Feroz et al. 2017 | ||||||
| original and current combination Dinotherium pentapotamiae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Chakwal |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 72.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.1° North, 74.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: The studied locality has unique coloured shale, containing some amount of unweathered igneous minerals, such as feldspar. It is red- brown mudstone with common grey sandstone inter-beds. The site is composed of sandstone and reddish shale which correlates to the Chinji Formation of the Siwaliks (Ullah, Arif, & Shah, 2006). The sandstone of this formation contains abundant quartz with subordinate feldspars which have variable quantities of lithic grains. The claystone contains yellowish-grey medium- to coarse-grained sandstone. The micas and traces of some heavy minerals in excess quantity indicate the presence of plutonic and volcanic rocks in the studied locality (Cheema, 2003). | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: Prominent exposures of mudstone indicate the existence of floodplains | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2015-2018 |
| Collection method comments: Housed in Palaeontological Collection of Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | DBAK | ||
| Database number: | 225195 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Uhen | Enterer: | G. Varnham, T. Grasso | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-04-29 05:06:15 | Last modified: | 2022-04-29 05:06:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-04-29 05:06:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 81520. | K. Samiullah, R. Yasin, N. Bano, B. Rasool, M. S. Mubarik, R. M. Fazal, S. Mahboob, O. Draz, K. A. Al-Ghanim, T. Raza, Z. Javed, F. Al-Misned, M. Nazish and H. Sarfraz. 2020. New artiodactyla fossils from Middle Miocene deposits of Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. Geological Journal 56(2):1109-1129 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |
Secondary references:
| 85928 | K. Feroz, K. Samiullah, S. Akhtar, R. Mehroz, M. Gillani, M. Jabeen, S. Naz and H. Sarfraz. 2017. The striking similarity among the molars of Listriodon and Deinotherium from the lower Siwaliks of Pakistan. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 10(2):231-240 [M. Uhen/T. Grasso] |