Z150 (Oligocene to of Pakistan)

Also known as Z 150; Zinda Pir Dome

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 70.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chitarwata Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene to Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Z150 is 30 m higher than Z139, and interpolated as being equivalent to

•normally magnetized sediments of section B, Chron C8n or C6Bn, 26.5 (Métais et al. 2009) or 23 Ma in alternative interpretations (Antoine et al. 2013)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. J. Flynn. 2007. Origin and Evolution of the Diatomyidae, with Clues to Paleoecology from the Fossil Record. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 39:173-181 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179935: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.2 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Tragulidae indet.2 Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet.2 Fischer 1814 shrew
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Prokanisamys sp.2 de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
Prokanisamys kowalskii1 Lindsay 1996 mouse
PMNH 2165, 2167–2171, 2176, 2179, 2182, 2184, 2192
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Primus microps1, Primus cheemai1, Spanocricetodon sp.2, Spanocricetodon khani2, Spanocricetodon sulaiman2, "Democricetodon sp." = Copemys2, "Democricetodon "species A"" = Copemys2
Primus microps1 de Bruijn et al. 1981 rodent
Primus cheemai1 Lindsay and Flynn 2016 rodent
Spanocricetodon sp.2 Li 1977 rodent
"Democricetodon sp." = Copemys2 Wood 1936 rodent
"Democricetodon "species A"" = Copemys2 Wood 1936 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.2 Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Diatomyidae
cf. Fallomus sp.2 Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
Marymus dalanae Flynn 2007 rodent
Z2172-2174
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Prosayimys sp.2 Baskin 1996 gundi