Z129: Early/Lower Miocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium sp. Kaup 1829
corrected as Dinotherium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Brachypotherium fatehjangense
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883
Mammalia
Bugtimeryx pilgrimi
Z 228
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Baluchistan
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 70.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.7° North, 70.6° 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:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chitarwata
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the Chitarwata Formation
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 129; Zinda Pir Dome
Database number:180599
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-07-22 07:45:01 Last modified:2016-07-22 07:45:01
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-22 07:45:01
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]