Z117 (Miocene to of Pakistan)

Also known as Z 117; Zinda Pir Dome

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 71.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vihowa Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)

• Vihowa Formation is late Early Miocene (assemblage B fauna) to Middle Miocene (assemblage C fauna), see 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 180616: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Tragulidae indet. Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian