Also known as Z 120; 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 180629: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pila sp. Röding 1798 apple snail | |
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard | |
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 | |
Sanitheriidae indet. Simpson 1945 even-toed ungulate | |
Ruminantia indet. ruminant | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Progiraffa exigua giraffe | |
Tragulidae indet. Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain | |
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont | |
Potwarmus mahmoodi Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse | |
Primus microps, Primus cheemai, Myocricetodon sivalensis, Myocricetodon tomidai n. sp., Democricetodon "species A", Democricetodon "species B", Democricetodon "species X", Democricetodon khani, ? Megacricetodon sp.
Primus microps de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse
Myocricetodon sivalensis mouse
Democricetodon "species A" Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon "species B" Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon "species X" Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon khani de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
? Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
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Elephantoidea indet. Gray 1821 proboscidean |