Drug Tehsil: Bartonian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus colossus
Eames 1952
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Sulaimanitherium dhanotri n. gen., n. sp.
Malkani et al. 2013
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1 specimen | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Basilosauridae | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Balochistan |
| Coordinates: | 28.1° North, 65.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.4° North, 61.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: grey to greenish grey shale weathered as grey to light brown | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 206558 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-11-19 15:38:14 | Last modified: | 2020-09-14 15:32:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-11-19 15:38:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70997. | M. S. Malkani, M. S. I. Dhantor, A. Latif and H. M. Saeed. 2013. New remains of Basilosauridae-the giant basal whale, and baluchithere-the giant rhinoceros discovered from Balochistan Province (Pakistan) . Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 45(A-1):177-188 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 73834 | M. S. Malkani. 2019. Recently discovered basilosaurid, baluchithere rhinoceros, horses, sea cow, proboscidean, eucrocodile, pterosaurs, plesiosaur, fishes, invertebrates and wood fossils, tracks and trackways of dinosaurs from Pakistan; comparison of recognized four titanosaur taxa of Indo-Pakistan with Madagascar. Open Journal of Geology 9(12):919-955 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |