H-GSP 146: Lutetian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. (Marsh 1873)
Pakotitanops latidentatus n. gen., n. sp. West 1980
Thewissen et al. 1998
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Anthracobunidae
Anthracobune pinfoldi Pilgrim 1940
Cooper et al. 2014
H-GSP 82-31P
Mammalia - Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Mesonychidae indet. Cope 1875
West 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 72.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.3° North, 68.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kuldana
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "limestone"
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:95141
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-04-07 14:03:42 Last modified:2010-09-13 14:38:07
Access level:the public Released:2010-04-07 14:03:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15199. R. M. West and J. R. Lukacs. 1979. Geology and Vertebrate-Fossil localities, Tertiary Continental rocks, Kala Chitta Hills, Attock District, Pakistan. Contributions in Biology and Geology 26:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

53438 L. N. Cooper, E. R. Seiffert, M. Clementz, S. I. Madar, S. Bajpai, S. T. Hussain, and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2014. Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan are stem perissodactyls. PLoS ONE 9(10):e109232:1-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]
32320 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]
12020 R. M. West. 1980. Middle Eocene large mammal assemblage with Tethyan affinities, Ganda Kas region, Pakistan. Journal of Paleontology 54(3):508-533 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]