Jatta Salt Mine (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as H-GSP Locality 9712

Where: North-West Frontier, Pakistan (33.3° N, 71.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 66.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mami Khel Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• "Early Eocene"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: H-GSP collection

Primary reference: J. G. M. Thewissen, E. M. Williams, and S.T. Hussain. 2001. Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):347-366 [W. Clyde/L. Gannon/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87961: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
"Diacodexis pakistanensis" = Gujaratia pakistanensis
"Diacodexis pakistanensis" = Gujaratia pakistanensis Thewissen et al. 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Jattadectes mamikheli n. gen. n. sp.
Jattadectes mamikheli n. gen. n. sp. Thewissen et al. 2001 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Panobius afridi Russell and Gingerich 1987 primate