Systematic Study of Boselaphine Remains from the Late Miocene of Hasnot, Pakistan
Systematic Study of Boselaphine Remains from the Late Miocene of Hasnot, Pakistan
Muhammad Tahir Waseem1, Abdul Majid Khan1*, Saliha Khalid1, Rana Manzoor Ahmad1,2, Ayesha Iqbal1, Muhammad Ameen1
ABSTRACT
Current study deals with the systematic investigations of Boselaphine specimens belonging to genera Pachyportax and Selenoportax. The available information on both taxa is scanty and only few specimens are known for both genera especially Pachyportax. The members of both genera have medium to large sized body with strong hypsodonty of teeth representing grazing on coarse grasses and shrubs in the Late Miocene Siwalik habitats of Potwar Plateau. At the apex of molar, crown is narrow and represents selenodonty in Selenoportax, while a broader crown in Pachyportax which indicates strong hypsodonty. The present sample add valuable information on systematics, dental morphology and dietary habits of the Late Miocene (7-5 Ma) boselaphines which are represented today by their living kin Boselaphus tragocamelus and Tetracerus quadricornis.
Novelty Statement | This study adds new samples belonging to two extinct Bovini genera viz. Pachyportax and Selenoportax. P. nagri has been scarcely reported from the late Miocene of the Siwaliks.
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June 2020
Vol. 35, Iss. 1, pp. 1-165
