Shepherd's Lake (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as H-GSP 9607

Where: 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: coastal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: L. N. Cooper, J. G. M. Thewissen, and S. T. Hussain. 2009. New middle Eocene archaeocetes (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Kuldana Formation of northern Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1289-1299 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93595: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictaluridae indet.
Ictaluridae indet. Gill 1861 catfish
catfish
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet.
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
cf. Attockicetus sp.
cf. Attockicetus sp. Thewissen and Hussain 2000 whale
 Cetacea - Pakicetidae
Nalacetus ratimitus, Pakicetus calcis n. sp., Pakicetus chittas n. sp.
Nalacetus ratimitus Thewissen and Hussain 1998 whale
Pakicetus calcis n. sp. Cooper et al. 2009 whale
Pakicetus chittas n. sp. Cooper et al. 2009 whale
Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish