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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 348-351
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2002.348.351
A New Large Bramatherium Giraffe Bramatherium giganteus sp. Nov. From Siwalik Formations, Punjab, Pakistan
Aleem Ahmed Khan and Mohammad Sarwar

Abstract: The specimen under study (P.U.P.C. No.66/24) is a left upper second molar found in Sardhok, Gujrat district, Punjab, Pakistan. It was probably the largest Bramatherium giraffe known from its genus. It occurs in the lower Pleistocene Pinjorian stage of the upper Siwalik formations. Given the morphology of that specimen, it is referable to the genus Bramatherium. This genus is known only by two species i.e. Bramatherium perimense and B. progressus. The last upper molar in Bramatherium perimense appears too small to be compared with the specimen described here and may be further distinguished from Bramatherium progressus, in having larger size. Moreover, the tooth described here is characterized by its quite gigantic size as well as its significantly high crown and well pronounced median rib of the outer cusps in the upper molar with respect to the British Museum specimen No.48933 which is the type specimen of B. perimense. The specialized characters of P.U.P.C. No.66/24 warrant the erection of a new species Bramatherium giganteus sp. Nov.

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Aleem Ahmed Khan and Mohammad Sarwar, 2002. A New Large Bramatherium Giraffe Bramatherium giganteus sp. Nov. From Siwalik Formations, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 348-351.

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