Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.8° N, 70.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 65.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Domanda Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• upper Domanda Formation; early Lutetian
Environment/lithology: coastal; green claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Ul-Haq, I. H. Khan and I. S. Zalmout. 2001. Eocene stratrigraphy and archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) of Drug Lahar in the eastern Sulaiman range, Balochistan (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(11):269-319 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45624: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Qaisracetus arifi Gingerich et al. 2001 whale |