HGSP 82-14: Miocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindemys sp.
Punjabemys downsi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Paraulacodus indicus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Sayimys sivalensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae spp.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Dakkamys barryi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Myocricetodon sp. Lavocat 1952
Kanisamys indicus
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964
Democricetodon cf. kohatensis
Democricetodon kohatensis
Democricetodon indet. Fahlbusch 1964
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Prokanisamys major
? Prokanisamys sp. de Bruijn et al. 1981
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix rutlandae Munthe and West 1980
Zijlstra and Flynn 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Sindh
Coordinates: 26.4° North, 67.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.4° North, 68.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lower Manchar
Stratigraphy comments: Gaj River area. Date estimated at ~13.0 Ma by rodent biostratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:176045
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra Enterer:J. Zijlstra
Modifier:J. Zijlstra Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-23 17:30:58 Last modified:2016-01-23 17:32:15
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-23 17:30:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57747. W. Wessels. 2009. Miocene rodent evolution and migration. Muroidea from Pakistan, Turkey and Northern Africa. Geologica Ultraiectina 307:1-290 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]

Secondary references:

57750 J. S. Zijlstra and L. J. Flynn. 2015. Hedgehogs (Erinaceidae, Lipotyphla) from the Miocene of Pakistan, with description of a new species of Galerix. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 95:477-495 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]