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Pab Formation
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The Pab Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in Balochistan, in western Pakistan. It is dominated by sandstone, with minor mudstone and shale components.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
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Fossil content
[edit]Among the following fossils were reported from the formation:
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
[edit]| Sauropods of the Pab Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Isisaurus[3] | I. colberti | Braincase, possible Ulna | A lithostrotian titanosaur |  | ||
| Jainosaurus?[3] | J. septentrionalis | Humerus | A colossosaurian titanosaur |  | ||
Crocodylomorphs
[edit]| Crocodylomorphs of the Pab Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Pabwehshi[4] | P. pakistanensis | Skull elements | A baurusuchine baurusuchid | |||
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Umar, Muhammad; Friis, Henrik; Khan, Abdul Salam; Kelling, Gilbert; Kassi, Akhtar Muhammad; Sabir, Muhammad Amjad; Farooq, Muhammad (2013-11-07). "Sediment Composition and Provenance of the Pab Formation, Kirthar Fold Belt, Pakistan: Signatures of Hot Spot Volcanism, Source Area Weathering, and Paleogeography on the Western Passive Margin of the Indian Plate During the Late Cretaceous". Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 39 (1): 311–324. doi:10.1007/s13369-013-0850-4. ISSN 1319-8025.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ a b Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Barrett, Paul M.; Carrano, Matthew T. (September 2011). "An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, Central India". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 981–998. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54..981W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01087.x. hdl:2027.42/86940.
- ^ Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Malkani, M. Sadiq; Gingerich, Philip D. (2001). "New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan)". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 30 (12): 321–336.
Bibliography
[edit]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
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