Also known as Bugti Hills
Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.0° N, 69.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 69.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)
• from an interval 2 m thick within section B near Kumbi, far to the west of Dera Bugti city
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1995, 1996
Primary reference: J. -L. Welcomme, P. -O. Antoine, F. Duranthon, P. Mein, and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Nouvelles decouvertes de vertebres miocenes dans le synclina de Dera Bugti (Balouchistan, Pakistan). Comptes Rendus Academie de Science Paris. Sciences de la terr et des planetes 325:531-536 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69540: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.02.2007, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Siluridae indet. Cuvier 1816 catfish | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus cf. bugtiensis crocodile | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon metachinjiensis mastodon | |
Choerolophodon cf. corrugatus proboscidean | |
Prodeinotherium pentapotamidae deinothere | |
Gomphotherium browni gomphothere
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
Protanancus chinjiensis gomphothere | |
"Prokanisamys benjavuni" = Kanisamys benjavuni, Spanocricetodon khani
"Prokanisamys benjavuni" = Kanisamys benjavuni Mein and Ginsburg 1985 mouse
Spanocricetodon khani mouse | |
Sayimys intermedius gundi | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Amphicyon cf. cooperi bear-dog | |
Hyainailouros bugtiensis Pilgrim 1912 creodont | |
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Progiraffa exigua giraffe | |
"Dorcatherium cf. parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus
"Dorcatherium cf. parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus Whitworth 1958 chevrotain | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
"Dicerorhinus" ? shabazi, "Dicerorhinus" cf. abeli, Aprotodon fatehjangense, Brachypotherium perimense, Hoploaceratherium sp.
"Dicerorhinus" ? shabazi rhinoceros
"Dicerorhinus" cf. abeli rhinoceros
Aprotodon fatehjangense Pilgrim 1912 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium perimense rhinoceros
Hoploaceratherium sp. Ginsburg and Heissig 1989 rhinoceros |