Fossils remains of even-toed ungulates from the Middle Siwaliks, Punjab, Pakistan

Draz, Omer; Samiullah, Khizar; Asrar, Muhammad; Rasul, Azhar; Yasin, Riffat; Khan, Luqman

doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1751836

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“…A catalogue/Collection number, PC-GCUF 08/18 was allocated to the specimens, which specifies the serial number (numerator) and year of collection (denominator). Johnson et al, 1982;Barry et al, 2002;Dennell et al, 2008;Nanda, 2008;Draz et al, 2020b).…”

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New Discovery of Hipparion theobaldi Skull from the Late Miocene of Padhri, District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan and Associated Mammalian Fossil Assemblage

Samiullah

Draz

Yasin

et al. 2022

Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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A fossil-bearing locality near Padhri village, Dhok Pathan, 55 km away from the tehsil Dina, Jhelum District, in the Potwar Plateau, Middle Siwaliks, Punjab, northern Pakistan, is significantly rich in mammalian fossils. This site has provided an abundant mammalian fossil fauna of Late Miocene age from the Dhok Pathan Formation (Fm.). The recovered material belongs to four families: Equidae (horses), Rhinocerotidae (rhinos), Bovidae (cows), and Suidae (pigs). We discovered a new skull of hipparionine Hipparion theobaldi from this locality along with 22 specimens from the associated assemblage of fossil mammals. The recovered material includes seven other species: the aceratheriine Chilotherium intermedium, boselaphines Tragoportax punjabicus, Selenoportax vexillarius, Pachyportax latidens, the antelope Gazella lydekkeri and suinine Propotamochoerus hysudricus. The specimens are isolated teeth, fragments of maxilla, mandibles and horn cores. The Dhok Pathan Fm. is generally composed of claystone, siltstone and sandstone beds and, based on the mammalian fauna, the Padhri fossil locality is dated as Late Miocene. Thi99s formation was deposited in a subtropical paleoenvironment and the predominance of fossil bovids indicates extremely moist conditions with small but frequent standing water bodies.

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New Discovery of Hipparion theobaldi Skull from the Late Miocene of Padhri, District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan and Associated Mammalian Fossil Assemblage

Samiullah

Draz

Yasin

et al. 2022

Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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“…One is the large‐sized G. superba and the other is small‐sized Gazella lydekkeri (Pilgrim, 1937, 1939). The presence of strong ribs, strong stylids, and the absence of median basal pillar in upper molars, are the principal morphometric characters of G. lydekkeri (Draz, Ni, et al, 2020; Draz, Samiullah, et al, 2020; Samiullah, Naseem, et al, 2015). The morphological difference of characters between the two species is: the teeth in G. superba are larger as compared to G. lydekkeri ; the presence of rudimentary entostyle in G. superba (Saeed, Khan, Iqbal, & Amin, 2018; Samiullah, Naseem, et al, 2015) and relative prominence of anterior and posterior median ribs in G. superba (Khan et al, 2013b; Khan et al, 2013a).…”

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“… a The studied specimens (Referred data is taken from Akhtar, 1992; Ali, Khan, & Akhtar, 2012; Abbas et al, 2018; Aftab, Ahmad, Khan, & Akhtar, 2015; Aftab et al, 2019; Bhatti, Khan, & Akhtar, 2012; Bhatti, Khan, Akhtar, Khan, et al, 2012; Batool, Khan, & Qureshi, 2015; Draz, Ni, et al, 2020; Draz, Samiullah, et al, 2020; Farooq, Khan, Akhtar, & Khan, 2008; Iqbal, Khan, Atiq, Ikram, & Akhtar, 2011; Khan et al, 2010, 2013; Khan et al, 2015; Saeed et al, 2018;Samiullah et al, 2011; Samiullah, Naseem, et al, 2015; Samiullah, Jabeen, et al, 2015; Zaheer, Mahmood, Babar, & Akbar, 2017). …”

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“…A detailed description of the geological and biostratigraphical settings of the Siwaliks was provided by Barry et al (2002). The large mammalian faunas from the Siwalik Group has been the focus of many researchers due to their biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications (Abbas et al, 2018; Akhtar, Samiullah, Rasul, & Altaf, 2020; Bernor, Feibel, & Viranta, 2003; Draz, Ni, et al, 2020; Draz, Samiullah, et al, 2020; Grégoire et al, 2009; Grégoire, Chaimanee, Jaeger, & Ducrocq, 2001; Grégoire, Guo, & Beard, 2004; Grégoire, Moine, O'reilly, Cottin, & Giret, 2000; Samiullah, Akhtar, Khan, & Ghaffar, 2012; Samiullah, Naseem, et al, 2015; Samiullah, Jabeen, et al, 2015; Scott, 1940).…”

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“…Location map of Potwar Plateau in Northern Pakistan: showing the studied locality Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon (enboxed), Chinji Formation (highlighted) in district Chakwal, Northern Pakistan with generalized stratigraphic section of the major Siwalik Group formations (Draz, Ni, et al, 2020; Draz, Samiullah, et al, 2020; Khan et al, 2017) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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New artiodactyla fossils from Middle Miocene deposits of Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan

Samiullah

Yasin²,

Bano

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Geological Journal

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The fossil site Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon (DBAK) is located 35 km southeast from Chakwal district, Punjab, Pakistan. It has yielded a significant amount of fossil artiodactyls including five families: Bovidae, Tragulidae, Suidae, Giraffidae, and Anthracotheriidae. This site principally exposes Middle Miocene strata that have been dated approximately as 14.2–11.63 Mya. A detailed study was carried out on the fossils found at DBAK and 29 specimens have been described herein. The collection comprises isolated upper and lower teeth and fragments of mandibular ramii. Gazella lydekkeri, Elachistoceras khauristanensis, Dorcatherium majus, Listriodon pentapotamiae, Giraffokeryx punjabiensis, Giraffa priscilla, and Merycopotamus nanus have been described in this article. The newly discovered material is productive to understand the fauna of this Middle Miocene locality and it enhances our knowledge about the described species. Merycopotamus nanus have been reported for the first time from this locality. Palaeoenvironmental data indicates that the Miocene climate of Pakistan was most likely to be monsoonal. All the feeding habits and distribution of those animals suggested the presence of abundant forests, herbaceous, grassy, and bushy vegetation in the DBAK and its surroundings.

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New fossil remains of Bovids from the Middle Siwaliks of Punjab, Pakistan

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Fossils remains of even-toed ungulates from the Middle Siwaliks, Punjab, Pakistan

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New Discovery of Hipparion theobaldi Skull from the Late Miocene of Padhri, District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan and Associated Mammalian Fossil Assemblage

New Discovery of Hipparion theobaldi Skull from the Late Miocene of Padhri, District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan and Associated Mammalian Fossil Assemblage

New artiodactyla fossils from Middle Miocene deposits of Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan

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