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.
Muhammad Tahir Waseem, Abdul Majid Khan, Saliha Khalid, Rana Manzoor Ahmad, Muhammad Ameen, Ayesha Iqbal. (2020) Systematic Study of Boselaphine Remains from the Late Miocene of Hasnot, Pakistan, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 35, Issue 1.
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