Yale-GSP locality W1: Thanetian, Pakistan
collected by J. D. Archibald (part of Yale-GSP fieldwork) 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Brachyura indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| original and current combination Brachyuri | ||||||||||
| "fragments of crab shell" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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? Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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? Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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unclassified
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Annelida indet.
Lamarck 1809
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| "worm tubes" | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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| fish vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dyrosauridae
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Dyrosauridae indet.
Stefano 1903
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| GSP 1020 (nearly complete vertebral column and portions of an associated pelvis and hind limb) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
(Bonaparte 1838)
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| shark teeth | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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| rare carbonized plant debris | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Sind |
| Coordinates: | 26.2° North, 67.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.3° South, 58.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lakhra |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gypsiferous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "greensand rocks"; nearly horizontal beds of soft, brown and greenish-gray, gypsiferous shales | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. D. Archibald (part of Yale-GSP fieldwork) | Collection dates: | 1981 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 114106 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2011-08-09 22:07:39 | Last modified: | 2011-08-09 08:21:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-09 22:07:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37015. | G. W. Storrs. 1986. A Dyrosaurid Crocodile (Crocodylia: Mesosuchia) from the Paleocene of Pakistan. Postilla 197:1-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |