H-GSP 144 (Eocene of Pakistan)

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)

• early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, pebbly, argillaceous conglomerate

• "clay-pebble conglomerate interbedded in brown-red clays which are underlain by yellow marls with larger foraminifera, resembling the lower part of the Kuldana Formation."

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 49003: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Leah Gannon on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Chapattimyidae
"Saykanomys ijlsti n. sp." = Basalomys ijlsti, "Saykanomys vandermeuleni n. sp." = Basalomys vandermeuleni, Chapattimys wilsoni n. gen. n. sp., "Saykanomys sondaari n. sp." = Birbalomys sondaari, "Chapattimys ibrahimshahi n. sp." = Birbalomys ibrahimshahi
"Saykanomys ijlsti n. sp." = Basalomys ijlsti Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
"Saykanomys vandermeuleni n. sp." = Basalomys vandermeuleni Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
Chapattimys wilsoni n. gen. n. sp. Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
"Saykanomys sondaari n. sp." = Birbalomys sondaari Hussain et al. 1978 rodent
"Chapattimys ibrahimshahi n. sp." = Birbalomys ibrahimshahi Hussain et al. 1978 rodent