Shepherd's Lake: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictaluridae indet.
Gill 1861
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| catfish | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Mammalia
- Artiodactyla
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Artiodactyla indet.
Owen 1848
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pakicetidae
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Pakicetus calcis n. sp.
Cooper et al. 2009
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Pakicetus chittas n. sp.
Cooper et al. 2009
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Nalacetus ratimitus
Thewissen and Hussain 1998
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Remingtonocetidae
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cf. Attockicetus sp.
Thewissen and Hussain 2000
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 72.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.3° North, 68.3° 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
| Formation: | Kuldana | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H-GSP 9607 | ||
| Database number: | 93595 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-25 13:28:40 | Last modified: | 2010-09-13 14:37:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-25 13:28:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31707. | L. N. Cooper, J. G. M. Thewissen, and S. T. Hussain. 2009. New middle Eocene archaeocetes (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Kuldana Formation of northern Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1289-1299 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |