Where: Pakistan (26.2° N, 67.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 57.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Bara Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified sandstone and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, D. E. Russell, D. Sigogneau-Russell, J.-L. Hartenberger, S. M. Ibrahim Shah, M. Hassan, K. D. Rose and R. H. Ardrey. 1979. Reconnaissance survey and vertebrate paleontology of some Paleocene and Eocene Formations in Pakistan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(5):105-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45622: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Glyptoactis sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
? Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell |