Where: Punjab, Pakistan (30.8° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 66.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: P14 foram zone, middle Member (Drazinda Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• Middle Drazinda Formation assignment is after Gingerich 1998. P14 (also NP17) age is after Gingerich 2003.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray, argillaceous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, M. A. Bhatti, H. A. Raza, and S. M. Raza. 1995. Protosiren and Babiacetus (Mammalia, Sirenia and Cetacea) from the middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, Sulaiman Range, Punjab, Pakistan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(12):331-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28979: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Protosiren sattaensis n. sp.
Protosiren sattaensis n. sp. Gingerich et al. 1995 sirenian |