First discovery of Oligocene Cricetidiae (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the SouthGandoi syncline (Bugti Hills, Balouchistan, Pakistan)

Authors
Marivaux, L Vianey-Liaud, M Welcomme, JL
Citation
L. Marivaux et al., First discovery of Oligocene Cricetidiae (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the SouthGandoi syncline (Bugti Hills, Balouchistan, Pakistan), CR AC S IIA, 329(11), 1999, pp. 839-844
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
329
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
839 - 844
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(199912)329:11<839:FDOOC(>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The preliminary analysis of a new continental vertebrate locality from the basal part of the Bugti Member (Baluchistan) focuses on the Cricetidae. Fro m dental remains, two new species are described here, and related to genera Pseudocricetodon and Atavocricetodon, well known in the Early Oligocene fr om Europe. Compared to the European and Chinese Late Eocene specimen, their evolutionary stage suggests the Bugti locality to be Early Oligocene in ag e. These species are the first but also the oldest Paleogene record of the family on the Indian subcontinent and represent the originating ancestor gr oup of the European cricetids. ((C) 1999 Academie des sciences/Editions sci entifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.)