Lundo Chur J1 (Oligocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Lundo-J1; Bugti; DBJ-1; DBJ1

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (28.9° N, 69.1° E: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 68.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; ferruginous sandstone

• Ferruginous crust interbedded in fluvial sands

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by University of Montpellier, the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and the University of Balochistan

Primary reference: P.-O. Antoine, J.-L. Welcomme, L. Marivaux, I. Baloch, M. Benammi and P. Tassy. 2003. First record of Paleogene Elephantoidea (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Bugti Hills of Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):977-980 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180591: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Astorgosuchus bugtiensis Pilgrim 1908 crocodilian
UM-DB-LCJ1-02, a mandibular symphysis including the dentaries and splenials
Mammalia
 Proboscidea -
Elephantoidea indet. Gray 1821 proboscidean
DBJ1-1