Z120 (Miocene to of Pakistan)

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

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Pila sp.
Pila sp. Röding 1798 apple snail
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Proboscidea -
Elephantoidea indet.
Elephantoidea indet. Gray 1821 proboscidean
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet., Sivameryx palaeindicus, ? Sivameryx palaeindicus, Microbunodon silistrense
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883 anthracothere
? Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883 anthracothere
Microbunodon silistrense Pentland 1828 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet.
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Progiraffa exigua
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Tragulidae indet.
Tragulidae indet. Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Sanitheriidae
Sanitheriidae indet.
Sanitheriidae indet. Simpson 1945 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Listriodon ? gupti
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailouros sulzeri
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Ctenodactylidae indet., Sayimys sp., Sayimys cf. intermedius
Ctenodactylidae indet. Gervais 1853 gundi
Sayimys sp. Wood 1937 gundi
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Megacricetodon sp., Primus microps, Primus cheemai, Democricetodon "species A", Democricetodon "species B", Democricetodon "species X", Democricetodon khani, Myocricetodon sivalensis, Myocricetodon tomidai n. sp.
? Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Primus microps de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016 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
Myocricetodon tomidai n. sp. Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse
PMNH 394 - type
 Rodentia - Muridae
Potwarmus mahmoodi
Potwarmus mahmoodi Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Prokanisamys major, Prokanisamys sp., Prokanisamys arifi
Prokanisamys major mouse
PMNH 382 and 2419
Prokanisamys sp. de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
PMNH 543 and 2415
Prokanisamys arifi mouse
PMNH 591, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2420, 2422, 2423, 320, 2424–2427, 2428, 2429
Reptilia
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet.
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanidae indet.
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian