Mochi Wala (Miocene of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (30.9° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 73.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chinji Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Lower Chinji

•This formation is about 11.2 to 14.2 Ma in age (Barry et al., 2002).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. van der Made and S. T. Hussain. 1994. Horn cores of Sivoreas (bovidae) from the Miocene of Pakistan and utility of their torsion as a taxonomic tool. GĂ©obios 27(1):103-111 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35041: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 27.10.2003, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Python sp. Daudin 1803 boa
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Sivoreas eremita Pilgrim 1939 antelope
basal part of a right horn core