Kunvit 2, Domanda Formation (Eocene of Pakistan)

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 65.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: P12 foram zone, upper Member (Domanda Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• nannoplankton biozone NP16, shallow benthic biozon SB16

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone

• chocolate clays

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2004; reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: R. M. Bebej, M. ul-Haq, I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. Morphology and function of the vertebral column in Remingtonocetus domandaensis (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene Domanda Formation of Pakistan. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 19:77-104 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127196: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Remingtonocetus domandaensis Gingerich et al. 2001 whale