Rakhi Nala, Habib Rahi Fm. (Eocene of Pakistan)

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (29.9° N, 70.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 65.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Habib Rahi Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• earliest Lutetian; early Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• platy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, S. M. Raza, M. Arif, M. Anwar, and X. Zhou. 1993. Partial skeletons of Indocetus ramani (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the lower Middle Eocene Domanda Shale in the Sulaiman Range of Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(16):393-416 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56700: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Archaeoceti -