Bozmar Nadi (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as BN-1

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (30.8° N, 70.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 65.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• early Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, green shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, S. M. Raza, M. Arif, M. Anwar, and X. Zhou. 1993. Partial skeletons of Indocetus ramani (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the lower Middle Eocene Domanda Shale in the Sulaiman Range of Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(16):393-416 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28975: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Remingtonocetus domandaensis2 Gingerich et al. 2001 whale
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
"Rodhocetus kasrani n. gen. n. sp." = Rodhocetus kasranii1
"Rodhocetus kasrani n. gen. n. sp." = Rodhocetus kasranii1 Gingerich et al. 1994 whale