Also known as RN-5, Rakhi Nala 5
Where: Punjab, Pakistan (30.0° N, 70.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 65.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Domanda Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• early Lutetian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, green, silty, sandy shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28976: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Rodhocetus kasrani" = Rodhocetus kasranii, Indocetus ramani
"Rodhocetus kasrani" = Rodhocetus kasranii Gingerich et al. 1994 whale
Indocetus ramani Sahni and Mishra 1975 whale |