The presence of extinct mouse-deer in the Dhulian village (Chinjian strata): district Attock, Pakistan. | Science International 2006

Author(s)

Muhammad Akbar Khan Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Abdul-Ghaffar Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Zafar Hameed Bhatti Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Muhammad Akhtar Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Therrich fossil- record of the Siwaliks presents a detailed history of the Miocene mammal fauna of the Indian Subcontinent. The fossil localities of the Dhulian village contain a particularly good sample of a primitive species of the mammals, Dorcatherium minus: Tragulines are the most primitive extinct and extant ruminants, which flourished during the second part of the paleogene and connected with the early radiation of artiodactyls. Dental morphology of the fossil tragulids to be described in this paper comes from the fossil localities of the village Dhulian.

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Page(s) 53-55

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Published Journal: Science International, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Year: 2006

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