H-GSP 9712: Lutetian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 71.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.3° North, 67.4° 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:red mudstone
Secondary lithology:red conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
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:Jatta Salt Mine
Database number:95149
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-04-08 07:50:43 Last modified:2010-09-13 14:39:55
Access level:the public Released:2010-04-08 07:50:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]