Drug Lahar (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Zuli Khan Sham

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (30.9° N, 70.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 65.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Domanda Formation (Kirthar Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• late Lutetian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, green, calcareous shale

• Olive gray shales with thin limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Ul-Haq, I. H. Khan and I. S. Zalmout. 2001. Eocene stratrigraphy and archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) of Drug Lahar in the eastern Sulaiman range, Balochistan (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(11):269-319 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28938: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.03.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Andrewsiphius sloani, Remingtonocetus domandaensis, Dalanistes ahmedi
Andrewsiphius sloani Sahni and Mishra 1972 whale
Remingtonocetus domandaensis Gingerich et al. 2001 whale
Dalanistes ahmedi Gingerich et al. 1995 whale