Pakistan Stratigraphy

Species

Hemimeryx blanfordi

Mammals · Oligocene – Miocene

An extinct anthracothere — a hippo-like, semi-aquatic artiodactyl — typical of the Oligo-Miocene Bugti fauna of Balochistan.

Species

Mammals

Scientific classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Anthracotheriidae
Genus	Hemimeryx
Species	blanfordi

Age range: Oligocene – Miocene; 33.9–5.333 Ma; Established range worldwide.
In Pakistan’s record: Neogene; Across 1 unit in this dataset.

Classification shown to the level well established for this group.

Recorded in these units

1

Kamlial Formation Middle to Late Miocene (Burdigalian-Tortonian; ~18.2-9.4 Ma) Cenozoic

Found alongside

8

Other fossils recorded in the same units.

Amphicyon cf. shahbazi Anthracotherium sp.Conohyus cf. sindiensis Dinotherium indicum Hyaenaelurus lahirii Listriodon cf. guptai Listriodon pentapotomiae Trilophodon cf. angustidens

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