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Volume 30, No. (6), 2020 (December)
NEW SPECIMENS OF MERYCOPOTAMUS (ARTIODACTYLA: ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE) FROM MIDDLE MIOCENE OF POTWAR PLATEAU, PAKISTAN
M. Asim, K. Aftab, M. K. Nawaz, M. A. Khan, M. A. Babar, S. G. Abbas, M. Hussain, M. Akhtar, A. M. Qureshi

1Dr. Abu Bakr Fossil Display & Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Quid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan

2Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan,

3School of Zoology, Minhaj University Lahore, Pakistan
Corresponding Author: dr.kiran@uog.edu.pk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2020.6.0165
Page Number(s): 1435-1441
Published Online First: August 03, 2020
Publication Date: August 03, 2020
ABSTRACT

The Merycopotamus remains are described from the Chinji Formation (middle Miocene) of the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Pakistan. The material recovered from two fossiliferous localities of Chabbar Syedan and Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon in Chakwal district, Punjab, Pakistan. The described specimens of Merycopotamusnanus add additional knowledge on Pakistani anthracotheriid diversity.
Keywords: Artiodactyls, Anthracotheriids, Merycopotamus, Chinji Formation, middle Miocene
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