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
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
Chondrichthyes | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Pteromylaeus sp. Garman 1913 bull ray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray | |
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Nebrius sp. Rüppell 1837 nurse shark | |
"Carchariniformes indet." = Carcharhiniformes
"Carchariniformes indet." = Carcharhiniformes Compagno 1973 ground shark "? Rhizoprionodon sp. ou ? Sphyrna sp."
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Isogomphodon cf. caunellensis, Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus ex gr. longimanus, Carcharhinus cf. priscus
Isogomphodon cf. caunellensis daggernose shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus ex gr. longimanus requiem shark
Carcharhinus cf. priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
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Hemipristis cf. serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Mammalia | |
"Dorcatherium cf. parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus
"Dorcatherium cf. parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus Whitworth 1958 chevrotain | |
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinolampas indica sea urchin |