Lammidhan (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

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Pilgrim refers to the beds as the "Planorbis Freshwater Beds of the Lower Chharat stage" but later authors (e.g. Wells and Gingerich, 1983) assign it to the Kuldana Fm.; early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

• Pilgrim provides almost no lithological information.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: G.E. Pilgrim. 1940. Middle Eocene Mammals from North-west India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B 110:127-152 [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/W. Clyde]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53001: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 30.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Anthracobunidae
Anthracobune wardi n. sp. Pilgrim 1940 odd-toed ungulate
Anthracobune pinfoldi n. gen. n. sp. Pilgrim 1940 odd-toed ungulate
Anthracobune daviesi n. sp. Pilgrim 1940 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Raoellidae
Khirtharia dayi n. gen. n. sp.
Khirtharia dayi n. gen. n. sp. Pilgrim 1940 even-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian