Z135 (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Z 135; Zinda Pir Dome

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 70.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chitarwata Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Upper part of the Chitarwata Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180602: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Ctenodactylidae indet. Gervais 1853 gundi
Sayimys sp. Wood 1937 gundi
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomyinae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 mouse
PMNH 2251
Prokanisamys sp. de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
Prokanisamys kowalskii Lindsay 1996 mouse
PMNH 716, 799, 2250, 2252–2256
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon "species A" Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon khani de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
Spanocricetodon sp. Li 1977 mouse
Myocricetodon tomidai Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse
Primus cheemai Lindsay and Flynn 2016 mouse
Primus microps de Bruijn et al. 1981 mouse
 Primates - Lorisidae
Lorisidae indet. Gray 1821 loris
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Pleuroceros blanfordi Lydekker 1884 rhinoceros