HGSP 82-27 (Miocene of Pakistan)

Where: Sindh, Pakistan (26.4° N, 67.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 68.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Lower Manchar Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Sehwan area. Date estimated at ~13.5 Ma by rodent biostratigraphy

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Wessels. 2009. Miocene rodent evolution and migration. Muroidea from Pakistan, Turkey and Northern Africa. Geologica Ultraiectina 307:1-290 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176048: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 23.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae spp. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix wesselsae Zijlstra and Flynn 2015 hedgehog