Laki Range - K18-12: Danian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylomorpha indet.
(Hay 1930)
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| "crocodile remains" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Madtsoiidae
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Gigantophis sp.
Andrews 1901
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| One mid-trunk vertebra (CPAG-RANKT-V-1) and one posterior trunk vertebra articulated to the preceding centrum (CPAG-RANKT-V-2) | ||||||||||
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= Madtsoiidae indet.
Hoffstetter 1961
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Rio and Mannion 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| "turtle remains" | ||||||||||
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= Sindhochelys ragei n. gen., n. sp.
de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2021
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de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2021 | |||||||||
| Holotype, a shell, CPAG-RANKT-V-3. The final repository of the fossil material reported here is the Centre for Pure and Applied Geology (CPAG), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. High-resolution casts are housed at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| "oysters" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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? Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Sind |
| Coordinates: | 26.3° North, 67.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° South, 56.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Khadro | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Khadro Formation, just above the famous Cardita beaumonti beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Large platform of indurate sandstone | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Specimens accessioned at the Centre of Pure and Applied Geology (CPAG), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 166592 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-02-19 08:48:55 | Last modified: | 2015-02-19 08:48:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-02-19 08:48:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54398. | J.-C. Rage, G. Métais, A. Bartolini, I. A. Brohi, R. A. Lashari, L. Marivaux, D. Merle and S. H. Solangi. 2014. First report of the giant snake Gigantophis (Madtsoiidae) from the Paleocene of Pakistan: Paleobiogeographic implications. Geobios 47:147-153 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 78867 | F. de Lapparent de Broin, G. Metais, A. Bartolini, I. A. Brohi, R. A. Lashari, L. Marivaux, D. Merle, M. A. Warar, and S. H. Solangi. 2021. First report of a bothremydid turtle, Sindhochelys ragei n. gen., n. sp., from the early Paleocene of Pakistan, systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications. Geodiversitas 43(25):1341-1363 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] | |
| 63145 | J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion. 2017. The osteology of the giant snake Gigantophis garstini from the upper Eocene of North Africa and its bearing on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Madtsoiidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(4):e1347179:1-20 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |