Recently the most famous vertebrates reported are dinosaurs (Titanosaurian sauropods facies and abelisaurian and Noasaurian theropods facies), mesoeucrocodiles and pterosaurs-the flying reptiles, Middle Eocene walking whale, the king of basal whales (Sulaimanitherium dhanotri), Oligocene Baluchitheria-the largest land mammals (
Baluchitherium osborni and Buzdartherium gulkirao) and crocodile (Asifcroco retrai) and Miocene large proboscideans (Gomphotherium buzdari).
The world's largest land mammal used to live 24 million years ago in Balochistan was named
Baluchitherium. Fossils of the oldest Cenozoic land mammal (55 million yeas) were also discovered from Quetta.
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Baluchitherium' one of the largest land mammals ever lives on the earth estimated to have been 18 ft high at the shoulder and having approximate weight of twenty tone, first time discovered in Bugti Hills, Balochistan about 30 million years ago is created a center of attention for trippers.
The life size display of
Baluchitherium (the largest mammal on earth) has been displayed at the PMNH, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, Islamabad.
The 30-million-year-old
baluchitherium, like a rhino without a horn, was more than 16ft high, about 23ft long and weighed up to 20 tonnes, say French scientists who found the almost complete skeleton.
The name for the mammal is
baluchitherium, said Welcomme.
The rhino's ancestor was the
baluchitherium (buh-LUKE-uh-theer-ee-um), one of the largest land mammals ever.
Museum has unique displays including life size replica of
Baluchitherium and unique display of huge whale shark specimen, he said, adding no other museum of the world has such a big specimen.
The DG said PMNH has uplifted his outlook through the display of Whale skeleton and
Baluchitherium, which attract the visitor from different walks of life.
ISLAMABAD -- The life size displays of
Baluchitherium (the largest mammal on earth) and Blue Whale has been inaugurated here at the Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), Garden Avenue, Shakarparian.
ISLAMABAD -- Life size display of
Baluchitherium (the largest mammal on earth) at Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), is attracting people and this new addition in displays of the Museum is of immense interest for the students and general public.
"Foundation is consistently supporting a large number of research projects" "
Baluchitherium" is the Largest Land Mammal in the world that lived in Balochistan.