Also known as Jatta Salt Mine
Where: Pakistan (33.3° N, 71.3° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 67.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Kuldana Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red mudstone and red conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. G. M. Thewissen, S. T. Hussain, M. Arif, A. Aslan, S.I. Madar and L.J. Roe. 1998. New localities of Eocene vertebrates in northern Pakistan and their significance for the origin of modern orders of mammal. Proceedings of the third GEOSAS Workshop held at Islamabad, Pakistan, March 1-5, 1998 19-34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 95149: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate |