Dera Bugti Level 4: MN 3, Pakistan
collected 1995, 1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Phylotillon naricus
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Margaritifera (Margaritifera) vicayri
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| synonym of Pinctada | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Architaenioglossa
- Viviparidae
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Viviparidae indet.
Gray 1847
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Gastropoda
- Sorbeoconcha
- Thiaridae
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Thiaridae indet.
Troschel 1857
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Siluridae indet.
Cuvier 1816
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylus bugtiensis
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Reptilia
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Gavialis curvirostris
Lydekker 1886
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| nomen dubium belonging to Tomistominae | ||||||||||
| "Gavialis curvirostris naricus" | ||||||||||
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Gavialis breviceps
Pilgrim 1912
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| nomen dubium belonging to Tomistominae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Caementodon oettingenae
Heissig 1972
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= Bugtirhinus praecursor n. gen., n. sp.
Antoine and Welcomme 2000
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Antoine and Welcomme 2000 | |||||||||
| Dera Bugti 4, Kumbi 4b, Kumbi 4c ("corresponding to the classical 'Gaj of Kumbi'"), and Kumbi 4f | ||||||||||
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"Dicerorhinus" shabazi
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"Dicerorhinus" cf. abeli
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Plesiaceratherium sp.
Young 1937
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Protaceratherium sp.
(Abel 1910)
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Aprotodon fatehjangense
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Brachypotherium perimense
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon cf. cooperi
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae
(Falconer and Lydekker 1876)
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| small sized | ||||||||||
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? Listriodon pentapotamiae
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= Bunolistriodon affinis
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Antoine and Welcomme 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
- Anthracotheriidae
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Sivameryx palaeindicum
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Parabrachyodus hyopotamoides
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
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Pecora indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| very small sized "sp. 1" | ||||||||||
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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: | MN 3 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.00000 - 16.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from an interval 10 m thick within section B near Kumbi, far to the west of Dera Bugti city | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous sandstone |
| Lithology description: 10 m of creamy sand ending in a ferruginous crust of 0.40 m that also is fossiliferous | |
| 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: | 77779 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-19 20:25:30 | Last modified: | 2008-01-19 22:30:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-19 20:25:30 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 24366 | P.-O. Antoine and J.-L. Welcomme. 2000. A new rhinoceros from the lower Miocene of the Bugti Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan: the earliest elasmotheriine. Palaeontology 43(5):795-816 [B. Beatty/B. Beatty/J. Alroy] | |
| 26268 | J.-L. Welcomme and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Mise en évidence de l'Oligocène sur le territoire des Bugti (Balouchistan, Pakistan). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 325(12):999-1004 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |