Z139: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Microbunodon silistrense (Pentland 1828)
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mesaceratherium sp. Keissig 1969
Lindsay et al. 2005
Pleuroceros blanfordi (Lydekker 1884)
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872
Lindsay et al. 2005
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Prokanisamys kowalskii Lindsay 1996
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
PMNH 2208, 2216–2218
Mammalia - Rodentia - Diatomyidae
cf. Fallomus sp. Flynn et al. 1986
Lindsay et al. 2005
Marymus dalanae Flynn 2007
Z2196-2205
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Lindsay et al. 2005
Spanocricetodon sp. Li 1977
Lindsay et al. 2005
Spanocricetodon khani
Lindsay et al. 2005
? Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966
Lindsay et al. 2005
Primus microps de Bruijn et al. 1981
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Primus sp. de Bruijn et al. 1981
Lindsay et al. 2005
    = Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016
Lindsay and Flynn 2016
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:18.9° North, 71.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene - Neogene Epoch: Oligocene - Miocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4 - Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 27.82 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chitarwata
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Section E of Lindsay et al. (2005), 4 km west of section B. The level of Z139 approximates that of Z113 (near the base of the upper part of the Chitarwata Formation)

Z139 is near the boundary of the lower Bugti member and Upper member of the Chitarwata formation, see Antoine et al. 2013
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
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 139; Zinda Pir Dome
Database number:179934
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-07-04 09:54:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-04 09:54:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

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]
59927 E. H. Lindsay and L. J. Flynn. 2016. Late Oligocene and Early Miocene Muroidea of the Zinda Pir Dome. Historical Biology 28(1-2):215-236 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]