Debrah (Eocene of Pakistan)

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

• predominantly green in color and composed of clay shales. The upper part of the Domanda Shale yielding th eINdocetus remains described here includes more-oxidized red and brown clay shales an minor siltstones and sandstones.

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
"Rodhocetus kasrani" = Rodhocetus kasranii, Indocetus ramani
"Rodhocetus kasrani" = Rodhocetus kasranii Gingerich et al. 1994 whale
Indocetus ramani Sahni and Mishra 1975 whale