Rakhi Nala 2: Middle Eocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus sp. Lucas 1898
Gingerich et al. 1979
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens (Agassiz 1835)
Gingerich et al. 1979
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella rakhiensis Eames 1952
Gingerich et al. 1979
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Anodonta sp.
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Gingerich et al. 1979
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
cf. Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
? Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium pseudogigas
Gingerich et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gingerich et al. 1979
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Proxicarpilius planifrons Collins and Morris 1978
Schweitzer et al. 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Punjab
Coordinates: 29.9° North, 70.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.2° North, 65.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Khirthar Formation:Domanda
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown poorly lithified argillaceous "shale"
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: oxidixed red and brown clay shales and minor siltstones and sandstones
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:RN-2, G-RN2
Database number:38498
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2004-04-22 11:37:38 Last modified:2019-07-03 15:39:21
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-22 11:37:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8324. 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]

Secondary references:

12009 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]
12078 C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and P. D. Gingerich. 2004. New Decapoda (Crustacea) from the middle and late Eocene of Pakistan and a revision of Lobonotus A. Milne Edwards, 1864. University of Michigan Contributions from the Musuem of Paleontology 31(4):89-118 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]