Khushal Garh (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Kushalghar

Where: Pakistan (33.5° N, 71.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 73.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1876. Descriptions of the molar teeth and other remains of Mammalia. Palaeontologia Indica 10(1):19-87 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 232178: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Dinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876 deinothere
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon palaeindicus Falconer and Lydekker 1876 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla -
"Sanitherium schlagintweitii n. gen. n. sp." = Sanitherium schlagintweiti
"Sanitherium schlagintweitii n. gen. n. sp." = Sanitherium schlagintweiti von Meyer 1866 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium majus n. sp. Lydekker 1876 chevrotain
"the two specimens...are those upon which Dr. Falconer, by some unaccountable oversight, founded the second species of Merycopotamus (M. nanus)"
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Listriodon pentapotamiae n. sp. Falconer 1870 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus primigenius n. sp." = Hippotherium primigenium
"Equus primigenius n. sp." = Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse