Pul-e Charkhi, Kabul Basin (Pliocene of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (34.5° N, 69.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 69.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• Early Pliocene, Early Ruscinian.

Environment/lithology:

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Material excavated in 1978, rodent and lagomorph specimens archived at l'Institut de Paleontolgie, MNHN, Paris and the University of Montpellier.

Primary reference: S. Sen. 1983. Rongeurs et Lagomorphes du gisement pliocene de Pul-e Charkhi, basssin de Kabul, Afghanistan. Bulletin Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 5th Series, Section C 5(1):33-74 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43010: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 09.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Micromammal faunal list indicates an open steppe habitat or herbaceous savanna with gallery forests.
unclassified
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Rhizomyides carbonnelli
8 teeth plus tooth fragments.
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Mus elegans n. sp. house mouse
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926 gerbil
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Protatera kabulense n. sp. mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Trischizolagus cf. maritsae de Bruijn et al. 1970 rabbit
not all complete specimens, total doesn't include indeterminate fragments.
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
types 1 and 2.
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Two types, one medium sized, one small.
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
small size.
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
cf. Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish