H-GSP 9204 (Eocene of Pakistan)

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

• sequence of muds and limestones

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Attockicetus praecursor n. gen. n. sp.
Attockicetus praecursor n. gen. n. sp. Thewissen and Hussain 2000 whale