Dera Bugti Variegated Clay: Burdigalian, Pakistan
collected 1995, 1996

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
? Crocodylus bugtiensis
see common names

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 immediately below the marine sand and within section B near Kumbi, far to the west of Dera Bugti city
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gypsiferous claystone
Lithology description: variegated clay with gypsum crystals, bird footprints (?), and root traces
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
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:77784
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-01-20 09:47:48 Last modified:2008-01-20 11:47:48
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-20 09:47:47
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]