Daud Khel Local Fauna: Middle Miocene - Tortonian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
Reptilia - Agamidae
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia
Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer 1859
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Sayimys sivalensis
Munthe 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Eutamias urialis
Munthe 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
Antemus cf. chinjiensis Jacobs 1977
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Kanisamys indicus
Munthe 1980
Copemys sp. Wood 1936
Myocricetodon sp. Lavocat 1952
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus sumbalenwalicus Munthe 1980
Munthe 1980
Mammalia - Creodonta
Dissopsalis carnifex Pilgrim 1910
Mammalia - Suidae
Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846
Listriodon pentapotamiae (Falconer 1870)
Mammalia
Palaeochoerus sp. Pomel 1847
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffokeryx sp. Pilgrim 1910
Giraffokeryx punjabiensis Pilgrima 1910
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839
Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Gaindatherium browni Colbert 1934
Brachypotherium perimense
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
cf. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Munthe and West 1980
dubious fragment
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Galerix rutlandae n. sp. Munthe and West 1980
Munthe and West 1980
Amphechinus kreuzae n. sp. Munthe and West 1980
Munthe and West 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Minanwali
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 71.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 73.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
*Period:Middle Tertiary
Key time interval:Middle Miocene - Tortonian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Siwalik Formation:Chinji
Local section:Daud Khel Local bed:Unit 59
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Includes localities H-GSP 17, 18, 19
age given only as Miocene, but unambiguously Tortonian based on the faunal list (JA)

This formation is about 11.2 to 14.2 Ma in age (Barry et al., 2002).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown silty,calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Bright red granular calclithite with silt to fine-grained sand matrix and granule clasts.
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Collection size:1000 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:fossils found also include unidentified fish, amphibian and reptiles, and charophyte remains
Metadata
Database number:13489
Authorizer:W. Clyde, L. van den Hoek Ostende Enterer:J. Finarelli, W. Clyde, L. van den Hoek Ostende
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-04-03 08:25:29 Last modified:2022-03-07 05:00:00
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-03 08:25:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10569. S. T. Hussain and R. M. West. 1979. Daud Khel local fauna: a preliminary report on a Neogene vertebrate assemblage from the Trans-Indus Siwaliks, Pakistan. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 16(1):1-17 [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/W. Clyde]

Secondary references:

61045% 29420J. Munthe. 1980. Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel local fauna, Minanwali District, Pakistan; Part 1: Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhizomyidae. Contributions in Biology and Geology: Milwaukee Public Museum 34:36 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]
25430 J. Munthe and R. M. West. 1980. Insectivora of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Contributions in Biology and Geology: Milwaukee Public Museum 38:1-17 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]