Lundo Chur J2: Late/Upper Oligocene, Pakistan
collected by Geological Survey of Pakistan; Mission Paléontologique Francaise au Baloutchistan (MPFB) 1985, 1987, 1995–2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Adnet et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus balochensis
Adnet et al. 2007
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Adnet et al. 2007
species 2
Carcharhinus perseus Adnet et al. 2007
Adnet et al. 2007
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aprotodon smithwoodwardi Forster-Cooper 1915
Antoine et al. 2003
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Paraceratherium bugtiense Forster Cooper 1911
PMNH M.V. specimens
Mammalia - Entelodontidae
Paraentelodon sp. Gabunia 1964
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium bugtiense Pilgrim 1907
Mammalia
Palaeohypsodontus zinensis n. sp. Métais et al. 2003
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Baluchistan
Coordinates: 28.9° North, 69.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.8° North, 68.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: Upper part of the Bugti Member, Chitarwata Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Yellow sands
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Geological Survey of Pakistan; Mission Paléontologique Francaise au Baloutchistan (MPFB) Collection dates:1985, 1987, 1995–2002
Collection method comments: Material is in the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution at the Université de Montpellier II
Metadata
Also known as:Bugti Hills; DBJ2; Chur Lando; Dera Bugti; SUI-1
Database number:78362
Authorizer:J. Alroy, L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Mannion, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, L. van den Hoek Ostende
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-02-04 21:16:16 Last modified:2016-07-07 11:38:58
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-04 21:16:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26373. G. Métais, P.-O. Antoine, L. Marivaux, J.-L. Welcomme, and S. Ducrocq. 2003. New artiodactyl ruminant mammal from the late Oligocene of Pakistan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):375-382 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

48852 S. Adnet, P. -O. Antoine, S. R. Hassan Baqri, J. Crochet, L. Marivaux, J. Welcomme, and G. Métais. 2007. New tropical carcharhinids (chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes) from the late Eocene–early Oligocene of Balochistan, Pakistan: Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(2):303-323 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]
59765 P.-O. Antoine, S. Ducrocq, L. Marivaux, Y. Chaimanee, J.-Y. Crochet, J.-J. Jaeger, and J.-L. Welcomme. 2003. Early rhinocerotids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from South Asia and a review of the Holarctic Paleogene rhinocerotid record. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40:365-374 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59754 P.-O. Antoine, S. M. I. Shah, I. U. Cheema, J.-Y. Crochet, D. Franceschi, L. Marivaux, G. Métais and J.-L. Welcomme. 2004. New remains of the baluchithere Paraceratherium bugtiense (Pilgrim, 1910) from the Late/latest Oligocene of the Bugti hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 24:71-77 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
78362 W.J. Raymond. 1906. The West American species of Pleurotoma, subgenus Genota. The Nautilus 20(4):37-39 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]