Lammidhan: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Anthracobunidae
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Anthracobune wardi n. sp.
Pilgrim 1940
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthracobune pinfoldi n. gen., n. sp.
Pilgrim 1940
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Anthracobune daviesi n. sp.
Pilgrim 1940
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Raoellidae
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Khirtharia dayi n. gen., n. sp.
Pilgrim 1940
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Punjab | County: | Attock |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 72.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.3° North, 68.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kuldana | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Pilgrim provides almost no lithological information. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ganda Kas | ||
| Database number: | 53001 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde | Enterer: | W. Clyde |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-30 17:56:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-06 03:59:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-30 17:56:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14036. | 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] |