H-GSP 9207: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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? Hadrodus sp.
Leidy 1857
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Murray and Thewissen 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| or ? Stephanodus sp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ambulocetidae
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Ambulocetus natans
Thewissen et al. 1994
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 71.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.6° North, 67.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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: | Kuldana | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,green siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | foreshore |
| Geology comments: This formation during the Eocene period was a low stand sequence tract buried by transgression. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Valley A, including H-GSP 9211 | ||
| Database number: | 95147 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-04-08 07:36:56 | Last modified: | 2010-09-13 14:39:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-04-08 07:36:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11996. | J. G. M. Thewissen, S. I. Madar, and S. T. Hussain. 1996. Ambulocetus natans, and Eocene cetacean (Mammalia) from Pakistan. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 191:1-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15283 | P. D. Gingerich. 2003. Stratigraphic and micropaleontological constraints on the Middle Eocene age of the mammal-bearing Kuldana Formation of Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):643-651 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52763 | A. M. Murray and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2008. Eocene actinopterygian fishes from Pakistan, with a description of a new genus and species of channid (Channiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(14):41-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |