Also known as Z 149; Zinda Pir Dome
Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 18.9° N, 71.7° E (Wright 2013)
• 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)
• Upper part of the Chitarwata Formation.
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•Upper part of Chitarwata is earliest Miocene, and list of taxa suggests earliest Miocene age, but stratigraphic position of Z149 suggests Late Oligocene age (e.g. Antoine et al. 2013)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay, L. J. Flynn, I. U. Cheema, J. C. Barry, K. Downing, A. R. Rajpar, and S. M. Raza. 2005. Will Downs and the Zinda Pir Dome. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):19A:1-18 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180585: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Pleuroceros blanfordi Lydekker 1884 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium gajense rhinoceros |