Also known as Ganda Kas
Where: Punjab, Pakistan (33.6° N, 72.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 68.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kohat Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• transitional beds between Kuldana and Kohat Formations. Pivnick and Wells (1996) considered these beds (their Mami Khel Formation) to be late early Eocene in age (50-52 mya). Thewissen & Hussain 2000 state that the age "is probably earliest Lutetian (middle Eocene)". early Lutetian
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float),
• H-GSP
Primary reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and S. T. Hussain. 2000. Attockicetus praecursor, a new remingtonocetid cetacean from marine Eocene sediments of Pakistan. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 7(3):133-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45524: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Attockicetus praecursor n. gen. n. sp.
Attockicetus praecursor n. gen. n. sp. Thewissen and Hussain 2000 whale |