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Upper South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistani
Regional Level Types
Upper South Waziristan DistrictDistrict
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ProvinceProvince
PakistanCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
440420
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:440420:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Farsi/Persian:
نایحه وزیرستان جنوبی علیا, خیبر پختونخوا, پاکستان
Japanese:
上南ワジリスタン県, カイバル・パクトゥンクワ州, パキスタン
Pashto:
پورتنۍ جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, خيبر پښتونخوا, پاکستان
Tamil:
மேல் தெற்கு வசீரிஸ்தான் மாவட்டம், கைபர் பக்துன்வா மாகாணம், பாக்கித்தான்
Urdu:
بالائی جنوبی وزیرستان ضلع, خیبر پختونخوا, پاکستان


Upper South Waziristan District (Urdu: ضلع بالائی جنوبی وزیرستان; Pashto: پورتنۍ جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is a district located in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was established on 13 April 2022 when the South Waziristan District was bifurcated into Lower South Waziristan and Upper South Waziristan. Spinkai ragzai region was declared as its capital.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed37.2 Ma (Eocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed48.6 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kirthar137.2 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Lyrischapa
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Lyrischapa48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_South_Waziristan_District
Wikidata ID:Q111912145

Localities in this Region

  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
    • Upper South Waziristan District

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

AsiaContinent
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Indian Plate

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