Dera Bugti Marine Sand (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Bugti Hills

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.0° N, 69.1° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 69.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• from an interval 2 m thick within section B near Kumbi, far to the west of Dera Bugti city

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

• "sable meuble ou consolidé"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1995, 1996

Primary reference: J. -L. Welcomme, P. -O. Antoine, F. Duranthon, P. Mein, and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Nouvelles decouvertes de vertebres miocenes dans le synclina de Dera Bugti (Balouchistan, Pakistan). Comptes Rendus Academie de Science Paris. Sciences de la terr et des planetes 325:531-536 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77783: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 20.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
"Carchariniformes indet." = Carcharhiniformes
"Carchariniformes indet." = Carcharhiniformes Compagno 1973 ground shark
"? Rhizoprionodon sp. ou ? Sphyrna sp."
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus ex gr. longimanus, Carcharhinus cf. priscus, Isogomphodon cf. caunellensis
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus cf. priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis cf. serra
Hemipristis cf. serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp.
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
large sized
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius sp.
Nebrius sp. Rüppell 1837 nurse shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp.
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Mobula sp., Pteromylaeus sp., Myliobatis sp.
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Pteromylaeus sp. Garman 1913 bull ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Actinopteri
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodontidae indet.
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
"Dorcatherium cf. parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus
"Dorcatherium cf. parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas indica