Mihal Nala: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Orthopsidae
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Echinopsis sp.
Agassiz 1840
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Fibulariidae
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Fibularia sp.
Lamarck
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella rakhiensis
Eames 1952
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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cf. Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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cf. Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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? Mya sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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cf. Rangia sp.
Des Moulins 1832
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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? Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium pseudogigas
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita sp.
Bruguière 1792
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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? Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Anodonta sp.
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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? Barbatia sp.
Gray 1842
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? Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 70.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 65.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray,green,red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: mottled red, chocolate, green and gray clays, with some shale and beds of pepaer shale, especially near the base. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rakhi Nala 3, RN-3 | ||
| Database number: | 45620 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-19 10:27:18 | Last modified: | 2010-09-13 14:08:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-19 10:27:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12009. | P. D. Gingerich, D. E. Russell, D. Sigogneau-Russell, J.-L. Hartenberger, S. M. Ibrahim Shah, M. Hassan, K. D. Rose and R. H. Ardrey. 1979. Reconnaissance survey and vertebrate paleontology of some Paleocene and Eocene Formations in Pakistan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(5):105-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11995 | E. M. Williams. 1998. Synopsis of the Earliest Cetaceans: Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae. The Emergence of Whales 1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |