Dash-I-Goran: Late/Upper Oligocene, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Bugtitherium grandincisivum
Pilgrim 1908
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Adnet et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Nebrius obliquum
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Adnet et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna twiggensis
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Adnet et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus balochensis n. sp.
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Adnet et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Adnet et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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? Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Adnet et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Balochistan |
| Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 69.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.8° North, 68.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chitarwata | Member: | Bugti | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from the "second ferruginous crust" in the member, called "DB2" in this area and "DB J1" to the south; "late Oligocene" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous lithified claystone |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: the member is "a sequence evolving into a regressive fluvio-deltaic environment" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: material is in the collection of the Institut des Sciences d l'Evolution, Université de Montpellier II | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bugti Hills; DB2 level | ||
| Database number: | 78423 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-06 16:52:04 | Last modified: | 2008-02-06 18:52:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-06 16:52:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26383. | G. Métais, P.-O. Antoine, S. R. H. Baqri, M. Benammi, J.-Y. Crochet, D. Franceschi, L. Marivaux and J.-L. Welcomme. 2006. New remains of the enigmatic cetartiodactyl Bugtitherium grandincisivum Pilgrim, 1908, from the upper Oligocene of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan). Naturwissenschaften 93(7):348-355 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 48852 | S. Adnet, P. -O. Antoine, S. R. Hassan Baqri, J. Crochet, L. Marivaux, J. Welcomme, and G. Métais. 2007. New tropical carcharhinids (chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes) from the late Eocene–early Oligocene of Balochistan, Pakistan: Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(2):303-323 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen] |