H-GSP 9210 (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Includes: H-GSP 57, H-GSP 58, H-GSP 59, H-GSP 60

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (33.6° N, 72.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 68.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• uppermost Kuldana; early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, lenticular, gray claystone

• "dark-gray mottled clay lens interbedded in variegated clays just above a fresh-water limestone bed"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: S.T. Hussain, H. de Bruijn, and J.J.M. Leinders. 1978. Middle Eocene rodents from the Kala Chitta Range (Punjab, Pakistan). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlands Akademie van Wetenschappen 81:74-112 [W. Clyde/L. Gannon/L. Gannon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49002: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Leah Gannon on 05.04.2005, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Pakicetidae
Pakicetus attocki1 West 1980 whale
H-GSP 58
 Cetacea - Ambulocetidae
Gandakasia potens2 Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958 whale
H-GSP 58
 Rodentia - Chapattimyidae
"Saykanomys sondaari" = Birbalomys sondaari, "Saykanomys lavocati n. sp." = Basalomys lavocati
"Saykanomys sondaari" = Birbalomys sondaari Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
"Saykanomys lavocati n. sp." = Basalomys lavocati Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
 Rodentia -
"Saykanomys chalchae" = Saykanomys bohlini
"Saykanomys chalchae" = Saykanomys bohlini Dawson 1964 rodent
 Rodentia - Yuomyidae
"Petrokoslovia sp." = Petrokozlovia
"Petrokoslovia sp." = Petrokozlovia Shevyreva 1972 rodent