Paalitherium gurki Métais et al. 2017 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Full reference: G. Métais, B. Mennecart, and G. Roohi. 2017. A new assemblage of stem pecoran ruminants from the Oligocene Chitarwata Formation, Bugti Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan: Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 136:40-49

Belongs to Paalitherium according to G. Métais et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DBC2-5186, a tooth. Its type locality is Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2), which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2)

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