Also known as includes Gingerich (1977) localities 2 & 11

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (33.8° N, 72.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 68.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Kuldana Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• one specimen of Gandakasia is purportedly from the Kohat Formation, which overlies the Kuldana (Gingerich, 1977); early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• IPHG, Institute für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie, Munich, Germany

Primary reference: R. Dehm and T. Oettingen-Spielberg. 1958. Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 91:1-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45529: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.10.2004, edited by Philip Mannion

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