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New remains of Gazella from the Chinji Formation of the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Pakistan are described here. The studied material was recovered from Dhok Bun Amir Khatoon, Bhilomar and Jand, district Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. The material comprises 26 specimens including maxillary and mandibular fragments, as well as upper and lower isolated teeth. The metric and morphological features like narrow styles and external folds, absence of entostyle in the upper molars, the lower molars with goat folds and a small ectostylid support their attribution to Gazella sp. This study also adds comments on the dental morphology of the Middle Miocene Gazella sp. from Pakistan. A busy paleoenvironment is inferred in the Middle Miocene of the Lower Siwalik Subgroup of Pakistan.
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Khan, M.A., Asim, M., Babar, M.A. et al. New remains of Gazella (Bovidae) from Middle Miocene, Pakistan. Arab J Geosci 14, 1703 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07885-8
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