New Fossil Locality in the Middle Miocene of Lava from the Chinji Formation of the Lower Siwaliks, Pakistan (Report‪)‬

Byline: Muhammad Akbar Khan Muhammad Akhtar, Abdul Majid Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, Mehboob Iqbal and Khizar Samiullah Abstract. - The middle Miocene locality in the fluvial deposits was discovered in the south-eastern part of Lava village (Chakwal, northern Pakistan). The mammalian assemblage originating from this locality is described. The faunal association consists of rhinocerotids Gaindatherium browni and Brachypotherium fatehjangense, a suid Listriodon pentapotamiae , a caprine Kubanotragus sp., a bovid Helicoportax cf. tragelaphoides, a tragulid Dorcatherium, a giraffid Giraffokeryx punjabiensis and a proboscidean Deinotherium cf. pentapotamiae. The assemblage indicates the locality is middle Miocene in age (ca. 14-11 Ma) and it displays regional characteristics of the Chinji Formation of the Lower Siwaliks, Pakistan.