Also known as Z 121; 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 180626: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate | |
Anthracotheriidae indet., Microbunodon silistrense, Sivameryx palaeindicus, ? Sivameryx palaeindicus
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
Microbunodon silistrense Pentland 1828 anthracothere
Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883 anthracothere
? Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883 anthracothere | |
Progiraffa exigua giraffe | |
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"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1829 deinothere | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian |