| Kala Chitta | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 841 m (2,759 ft) |
| Coordinates | 33°43′N 72°10′E / 33.717°N 72.167°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | کالا چٹا (Punjabi) |
| Geography | |
  Kala Chitta | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Provinces | Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Kala Chitta Range (in Punjabi and Urdu: کالا چٹا Kālā Chiṭṭā) is a mountain range in the Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan. Kala- Chitta are Punjabi words meaning Kala the Black and Chitta means white. The range thrusts eastward across the Potohar plateau towards Rawalpindi.[1][2][3]
Pakistan's Kuldana Formation is best known for its fossil Eocene mammals, including primitive cetaceans such as Pakicetus, Ambulocetus and Attockicetus. Kuldana mammals have been considered in different studies as coming from the early Lutetian (early Middle Eocene), late Ypresian (late early Eocene) or, more recently, encompassing much of Ypresian up to early Lutetian time (early part of the early Eocene to early Eocene medium).[4]
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- ^ "Map of the study area (Kala Chitta hills, District Attock, Pakistan). | Download Scientific Diagram". Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Arshad, M.; Ahmad, M.; Ahmed, E.; Saboor, A.; Abbas, A.; Sadiq, S. (2014). "An ethnobiological study in Kala Chitta hills of Pothwar region, Pakistan: Multinomial logit specification". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 13. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-13. PMC 3914733. PMID 24467739.