G-GSP 9605: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ambulocetidae
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Gandakasia potens n. gen., n. sp.
Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Thewissen et al. 1998 attribute ths fossil to this locality. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 72.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 74.4° East (Wright 2013) |
| 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: | 48.07 - 41.03 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kuldana | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper Kuldana; early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | foreshore |
| Geology comments: This formation during the Eocene period was a low stand sequence tract buried by transgression. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Valley E | ||
| Database number: | 95148 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-04-08 07:44:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-04-08 07:44:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 15283 | P. D. Gingerich. 2003. Stratigraphic and micropaleontological constraints on the Middle Eocene age of the mammal-bearing Kuldana Formation of Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):643-651 [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] |