Systematic Study of Boselaphine Remains from the Late Miocene of Hasnot, Pakistan | [Punjab University Journal of Zoology • 2020]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Tahir Waseem: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab,Lahore, 54590,

2. Abdul Majid Khan: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab,Lahore, 54590,

3. Saliha Khalid: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab,Lahore,

4. Rana Manzoor Ahmad: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab,Lahore, University of Okara,Punjab,Pakistan

5. Ayesha Iqbal: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab,Lahore,

6. Muhammad Ameen: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab,Lahore,

Abstract:

Current study deals with the systematic investigations of Boselaphine specimens belonging to genera Pachyportax and Selenoportax. The available information on both taxa is scanty and only few specimens are known for both genera especially Pachyportax. The members of both genera have medium to large sized body with strong hypsodonty of teeth representing grazing on coarse grasses and shrubs in the Late Miocene Siwalik habitats of Potwar Plateau. At the apex of molar, crown is narrow and represents selenodonty in Selenoportax, while a broader crown in Pachyportax which indicates strong hypsodonty. The present sample add valuable information on systematics, dental morphology and dietary habits of the Late Miocene (7-5 Ma) boselaphines which are represented today by their living kin Boselaphus tragocamelus and Tetracerus quadricornis.

Page(s): 69-76

DOI: 10.17582/journal.pujz/2020.35.1.69.76

Published: Journal: Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Year: 2020

Keywords:

Mammals , Boselaphini , Siwaliks , Bovids , Palaeoenvironment

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