Z108: Late/Upper Oligocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Lindsay et al. 2005
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Lindsay et al. 2005
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Lindsay et al. 2005
Reptilia - Ophidia
Ophidia indet. Latreille 1804
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Proboscidea
Elephantoidea indet. Gray 1821
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
cf. Alopecocyon sp. Camp and Vanderhoof 1940
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcotherium sp. Gervais 1873
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883
Lindsay et al. 2005
cf. Elomeryx borbonicus Geais 1934
Lindsay et al. 2005
Microbunodon silistrense (Pentland 1828)
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia
Ruminantia indet. Scopoli 1777
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Gelocidae
? Gelocus gajensis
Lindsay et al. 2005
Z 271
Mammalia - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomerycidae informal n. gen.
Lindsay et al. 2005
Z 760, 761, 2277, 2278 and 2299
Nalameryx sulaimani Métais et al. 2009
Métais et al. 2009
Listed as Lophiomerycidae indet. by Barry et al. (2005)
Mammalia - Rodentia
Downsimys margolisi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chapattimyidae
Baluchimyinae indet. Flynn et al. 1986
"large taxon"
Baluchimys chaudryi n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994
Z 827 - type; referred speicmens: Z811-833
Lindsaya derabugtiensis Flynn et al. 1986
Z 834-845
Zindapiria quadricollis n. gen., n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994
Z 901 - holotype; referred material: Z 890-919
Asterattus sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994
Lindsay et al. 2005
Asterattus longicristatus n. gen., n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994
Z 885 - holotype; referred material: Z 884 and 886
Lophibaluchia pilbeami Flynn et al. 1986
Z 846-876
Mammalia - Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Fallomus ginsburgi Marivaux and Welcomme 2003
Flynn 2007
Fallomus quraishyi Marivaux and Welcomme 2003
Flynn 2007
Fallomus sp. Flynn et al. 1986
    = Fallomus razae Flynn et al. 1986
Flynn 2007
Mammalia - Rodentia
Hodsahibia kayi n. sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994
Z 877 - type; referred material: Z 878 and 880-883
Mammalia - Primates - Ekgmowechashalidae
Bugtilemur mathesoni Marivaux et al. 2001
Lindsay et al. 2005
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
Lindsay et al. 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Baluchistan
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 70.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.7° North, 70.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oligocene
Age range of interval:28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chitarwata Member:Bugti
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of the Chitarwata Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandstone
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Z 108; Zinda Pir Dome
Database number:179812
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-07-01 09:30:28 Last modified:2022-03-07 07:37:09
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-01 09:30:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

59636. L. J. Flynn and I. U. Cheema. 1994. Baluchimyine rodents from the Zinda Pir Dome, western Pakistan: systematics and biochronologic implications. National Science Museum Monographs 8:115-129 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

59701 L. J. Flynn. 2007. Origin and Evolution of the Diatomyidae, with Clues to Paleoecology from the Fossil Record. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 39:173-181 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59924 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]
59705 G. Métais, J.-L. Welcomme, and S. Ducrocq. 2009. New lophiomerycid ruminants from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):231-241 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]