GH-40 (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Gandhera Quarry; GSP−UM locality GH−40

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (30.4° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 63.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Ghazij Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Late early Eocene (Ypresian); upper part of the upper Ghazij Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Missiaen and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(1):21-34 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179962: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Isectolophidae
Gandheralophus robustus n. sp. Missiaen and Gingerich 2012 odd-toed ungulate
GSP−UM 6768 - type