Ganda Kas Locality 24: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pakicetidae
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| Thewissen and Hussain 1998 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Anthracobunidae
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| Cooper et al. 2014 | ||||||||||
| IPHG 1956 II 22 and 23 | ||||||||||
| Cooper et al. 2014 | ||||||||||
| IPHG 1956 II 20 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 72.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 74.9° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 48.07 - 41.03 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kuldana | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: redbeds of the lower Kuldana Formation; early Lutetian age after Gingerich (2003) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: red beds | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45587 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-16 06:17:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-16 06:17:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11944. | R. Dehm and T. Oettingen-Spielberg. 1958. Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 91:1-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/S. Bruning] |
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] | |
| 11990 | J. G. M. Thewissen and S. T. Hussain. 1998. Systematic review of the Pakicetidae, early and middle Eocene Cetacea (Mammalia) from Pakistan and India. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:220-238 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 11995 | E. M. Williams. 1998. Synopsis of the Earliest Cetaceans: Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae. The Emergence of Whales 1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |