Titles | Buzdartherium gulkirao | Pakitherium shagalai | Sulaimanitherium dhanotri | Gomphotherium buzdari |
Informal description | [65] | - | - | [65] |
Formal description | [7] | [77] | [77] | [7] |
Holotype | Cranial and postcranial specimens GSP/MSM-1-Taunsa to GSP/ MSM-37-Taunsa | GSP/MSID-201 to GSP/MSID-227 associated fossilized bones/pieces of bones of cranial and postcranial skeleton | GSP/MSID-1 to GSP/MSID-100 associated fossilized bones/pieces of bones of vertebral series | Proximal femur (mosaic of GSP/MSM-MSID-1 and GSP/MSMMSID-2), distal femur (mosaic of GSP/MSM-MSID-3 and GSP/MSM-MSID-5), and proximal tibia GSP/MSM-MSID-4 |
Holotypic elements | 37 | 27 | 100 bones/pieces of bones | 5 |
Type locality | Gulki (latitude 30˚42'26''N; longitude 70˚29'16''E) (Figure 1 of [7] ). | Shagala (=Shagalu) area (latitude 31˚19'44''N; longitude 68˚40'19''E), (Figure 1 of [7] ). | Zamri (latitude 31˚19'28''N; longitude 70˚11'11''E), (Figure 1 of [7] ). | Mahoi (latitude 30˚42'12''N; longitude 70˚30'20''E) (Figure 1 of [7] ). |
Referred material | Limb elements (GSP/MSM-RA-38-Taunsa to GSP/MSMRA-60-Taunsa) | Right femur GSP/MSID-228, left femur GSP/MSID-229 | - | - |
Referred elements | 23 | 2 | - | - |
Referred localities | Taunsa area | Same as type locality | - | - |
Total h + r elements | 60 | 29 | 100 | 5 |
Total individuals | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Horizon/ formation | Chitarwata Formation | Shagala Formation | Drazinda Shale | Litra Formation of Vihowa Group |
Age | Oligocene | Eocene-Oligocene | Early to middle Eocene | Miocene |
Distribution territory; (basin) | Taunsa District (Dera Ghazi Khan District), South Punjab; (Sulaiman Range and Basin) | Kamardin Kareez of Zhob District, Balochistan Province; (Kakar-Khorasan sub-basin of Balochistan Basin) | Musakhel District, Balochistan Province; (Sulaiman Range and Basin) | Taunsa District (Dera Ghazi Khan District), South Punjab; (Sulaiman Range and Basin) |