Fossil Bed F.1941, Rakhi Nala: Lutetian, Pakistan
collected by F.E. Eames
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Pyrazus indicus
Cox 1931
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Terebellum carcassense
Leymerie 1846
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 70.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 65.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baska | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Shales with Alabaster (local zone 7). Shales with Alabaster now assigned to Baska Formation. This part of the section is barren of planktonic forams, but occurs between beds belonging to zone P10 and overlying P12 beds, indicating Lutetian age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | F.E. Eames |
Metadata
| Database number: | 183896 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-01-17 22:35:17 | Last modified: | 2017-01-17 22:35:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-01-17 22:35:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 599. | F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Clapham] |