Z126 (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Z 126; Zinda Pir Dome

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 70.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chitarwata Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Upper part of the Chitarwata Formation

• 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 180608: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Prokanisamys arifi mouse
PMNH 746-749
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Tragulidae indet. Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae