Also known as Da1
Where: Punjab, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 65.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Domanda Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Fossils are described from the lower and middle units of the Domanda Shale. late Lutetian
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, gray shale and lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, and W. C. Clyde. 1995. New archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(11):291-330 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28972: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Takracetus simus n. gen. n. sp.
Takracetus simus n. gen. n. sp. Gingerich et al. 1995 whale | |
Malacostraca | |
Proxicarpilius planifrons Collins and Morris 1978 crab |