Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan

Abstract

Aftab, K., Khan, M.A., Ahmad, Z. & Akhtar, M., February 2016. Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan. Alcheringa 40, xxx–xxx. ISSN 0311-5518

Previously, Progiraffa exigua has been reported only from the Kamlial Formation (ca 18.3–14.2 Ma) of the Siwalik Group. We record Progiraffa exigua from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup at five localities: Jaba, Chinji Rest House, Rakh Wasnal, Dhok Bun Amir Khatoon and Ghungrila, Pakistan, thus extending the range of P. exigua to the Chinji Formation of the Siwalik Group (ca 14.2–11.2 Ma).

Kiran Aftab [[email protected]], Zaheer Ahmad [[email protected]], Zoology Department, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan; Muhammad Akbar Khan [[email protected]], Muhammad Akhtar [[email protected]], Dr Abu Bakr Fossil Display & Research Centre, Zoology Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Key words:

• Giraffids
• Kamlial Formation
• Chinji Formation
• Miocene
• Siwalik Group
• Indian subcontinent

Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to Mr. M. Adeeb Babar for the photography of specimens. We thank the anonymous reviewers and Stephen McLoughlin (Chief Editor, Alcheringa) for their constructive criticism and comments that improved this manuscript greatly.