Sori Nala (Eocene of Pakistan)

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.2° N, 69.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 65.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Drazinda Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• upper part of Drazinda Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. M. Raza and M. Anwar in 1992

Primary reference: J. J. Head, S. M. Raza, and P. D. Gingerich. 1999. Drazinderetes tethyensis, a new large trionychid (Reptilia: Testudines) from the marine Eocene Drazinda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 30(7):199-214 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167714: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
GSP-UM 3019