H-GSP 62: Lutetian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Punjab |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 72.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 74.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: redbeds of the lower Kuldana Formation; early Lutetian (Gingerich, 2003) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: "one thick channel-form conglomerate" | |
| Environment: | coarse channel fill |
| Geology comments: "an abandoned channel with standing water" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H-GSP Locality 62 | ||
| Database number: | 45586 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy, W. Clyde, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, L. Gannon, J. Alroy, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-16 06:09:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-16 06:09:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] | |
| 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] | |
| 8326 | P. D. Gingerich and D. E. Russell. 1981. Pakicetus inachus, a new archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the early-middle Eocene Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(11):235-246 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52763 | A. M. Murray and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2008. Eocene actinopterygian fishes from Pakistan, with a description of a new genus and species of channid (Channiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(14):41-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12002 | J. G. M. Thewissen, E. M. Williams, and S. T. Hussain. 2001. Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactyls. Nature 413:277-281 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 11799 | J. G. M. Thewissen, E. M. Williams, and S.T. Hussain. 2001. Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):347-366 [W. Clyde/L. Gannon/J. Alroy] |