Dera Bugti Marine Sand: Burdigalian, Pakistan
collected 1995, 1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas indica
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium cf. parvum
Whitworth 1958
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| recombined as Afrotragulus parvus | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena sp.
Artedi 1793
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodontidae indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Pteromylaeus sp.
Garman 1913
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Mobula sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
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Carchariniformes indet.
(Compagno 1973)
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| original and current combination Carcharhiniformes | ||||||||||
| "? Rhizoprionodon sp. ou ? Sphyrna sp." | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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| large sized | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Carcharhinus ex gr. longimanus
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Carcharhinus cf. priscus
Agassiz 1843
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Isogomphodon cf. caunellensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis cf. serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Nebrius sp.
Rüppell 1837
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Balochistan |
| Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 69.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.6° North, 69.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from an interval 2 m thick within section B near Kumbi, far to the west of Dera Bugti city | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: "sable meuble ou consolidé" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1995, 1996 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bugti Hills | ||
| Database number: | 77783 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-20 09:37:31 | Last modified: | 2008-01-20 11:37:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-20 09:37:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23349. | J. -L. Welcomme, P. -O. Antoine, F. Duranthon, P. Mein, and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Nouvelles decouvertes de vertebres miocenes dans le synclina de Dera Bugti (Balouchistan, Pakistan). Comptes Rendus Academie de Science Paris. Sciences de la terr et des planetes 325:531-536 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |