Between Shahrig and Nakus (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as 70 km east of Quetta

Where: Pakistan (30.2° N, 67.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 62.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ghazij Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg, K. H. Durrani, A. M. Kassi and J.-L. Welcomme. 1999. Discovery of a New Anthracobunidae (Tethytheria, Mammalia) from the Lower Eocene lignite of the Kach-Harnai Area in Baluchistan (Pakistan). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Series IIA Earth and Planetary Science 328(3):209-213 [B. Beatty/B. Beatty/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180564: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
Nakusia shahrigensis n. gen. n. sp.
Nakusia shahrigensis n. gen. n. sp. Ginsburg et al. 1999 odd-toed ungulate