Collection of Selenoportax from the Kundi Wala Kas, Hasnot, Pakistan

Abstract

Four dental specimens are identified as a member of the Boselaphini (Bovidae) belonging to the extinct genus Selenoportax Pilgrim 1937. The specimens were collected from an extraordinarily well exposed stratum of the Kundi Wala Kas from the late Miocene of the Middle Siwaliks, situated in the vicinity of Hasnot, District Jhelum, Pakistan. Distinctive morphological details of the collected teeth are preserved but comparison is not possible because the specimens are not in more numbers, and are described as cf. Selenoportax. The specimens comprise an isolated third upper premolar, an isolated left lower incisor, an isolated third lower premolar and a mandibular fragment with fourth deciduous and first molar. The taxonomic status of the Selenoportax is also discussed.