Barbora Banda I: Early/Lower Eocene, Pakistan
collected 1980, 1997, 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Ajunginucilla sp.
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Charales
- Characea
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Chara sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Celtis sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Karagalax mamikhelensis n. gen., n. sp.
Maas et al. 2001
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Maas et al. 2001 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis pakistanensis
Thewissen et al. 1983
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| recombined as Gujaratia pakistanensis | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Tamquammyidae
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Cocomyidae indet.
de Bruijn et al. 1982
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| synonym of Tamquammyidae | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Paramyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Northwest Frontier | County: | Karak |
| Coordinates: | 33.3° North, 71.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.4° North, 65.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mami Khel | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early to middle Eocene Kuldana Formation according to Thewissen et al. 1983, early Eocene Mami Khel Formation according to Maas et al. 2001 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grit bands" (Thewissen et al. 1983) or "granulestone conglomerate" (Maas et al. 2001) | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "apparently accumulated as the result of a catastrophic flashflood" (Maas et al. 2001) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP | Collection dates: | early 1980s, 1997, 1998 |
| Collection method comments: Collections are split between Howard University, Geological Survey of Pakistan, UMMP | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | HGSP 300; Banda Daud Shah fauna | ||
| Database number: | 51856 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, J. Alroy | Enterer: | W. Clyde, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-27 19:28:58 | Last modified: | 2007-09-22 21:14:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-27 19:28:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13803. | J. G. M. Thewissen, D. E. B. Russell, P. D. Gingerich and S. T. Hussain. 1983. A new dichobunid artiodactyl (Mammalia) from the Eocene of North-West Pakistan. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 86(2):153-180 [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 25355 | M. C. Maas, S. T. Hussain, J. J. M. Leinders and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2001. A new isectolophid tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the early Eocene of Pakistan. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):407-417 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |