Z108 (Oligocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Z 108; Zinda Pir Dome

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 70.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bugti Member (Chitarwata Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• lower part of the Chitarwata Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone

• Sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. J. Flynn and I. U. Cheema. 1994. Baluchimyine rodents from the Zinda Pir Dome, western Pakistan: systematics and biochronologic implications. National Science Museum Monographs 8:115-129 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179812: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet.2 Lamarck 1801
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
Gnathostomata
  -
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Fallomus quraishyi1 Marivaux and Welcomme 2003 rodent
Fallomus ginsburgi1 Marivaux and Welcomme 2003 rodent
Fallomus razae1 Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
 Rodentia -
Hodsahibia kayi n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994 rodent
Z 877 - type; referred material: Z 878 and 880-883
 Rodentia - Chapattimyidae
Baluchimyinae indet. Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
"large taxon"
Baluchimys chaudryi n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994 rodent
Z 827 - type; referred speicmens: Z811-833
Lindsaya derabugtiensis Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
Z 834-845
Asterattus sp.2 Flynn and Cheema 1994 rodent
Asterattus longicristatus n. gen. n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994 rodent
Z 885 - holotype; referred material: Z 884 and 886
Lophibaluchia pilbeami Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
Z 846-876
Zindapiria quadricollis n. gen. n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994 rodent
Z 901 - holotype; referred material: Z 890-919
 Rodentia -
 Primates - Ekgmowechashalidae
Bugtilemur mathesoni2 Marivaux et al. 2001 primate
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet.2 Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.2 Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcotherium sp.2 Gervais 1873 odd-toed ungulate
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.2 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Sivameryx palaeindicus2 Lydekker 1883 anthracothere
cf. Elomeryx borbonicus2 Geais 1934 anthracothere
Microbunodon silistrense2 Pentland 1828 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla -
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomerycidae "n. gen."2 Janis 1987 ruminant
Z 760, 761, 2277, 2278 and 2299
Nalameryx sulaimani3 Métais et al. 2009 ruminant
Listed as Lophiomerycidae indet. by Barry et al. (2005)
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
? Gelocus gajensis2 ruminant
Z 271
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
cf. Alopecocyon sp.2 Camp and Vanderhoof 1940 red panda
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet.2 proboscidean
 Proboscidea -
Elephantoidea indet.2 Gray 1821 proboscidean
Reptilia
 Ophidia -
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.2 crocodilian