Retra, Taunsa: Oligocene, Pakistan
collected by M. Malkani
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MSM-49-Taunsa, egg | ||||||||||
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? Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MSM-47-Taunsa, MSM-48-Taunsa; eggs | ||||||||||
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Asifcroco retrai n. gen., n. sp.
Malkani 2015
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| MSM-41-Taunsa to MSM-46-Taunsa | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan | State/province: | Gujarat | County: | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 70.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° North, 72.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 23.03 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chitarwata |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | M. Malkani |
Metadata
| Database number: | 220175 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-05-10 13:41:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-05-10 13:41:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76856. | M. S. Malkani. 2015. Terrestrial mesoeucrocodiles from the Cretaceous of Pakistan. In Y. Zhang, S. Z. Wu, & G. Sun (eds.), The 12th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems. Abstracts 242-246 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 76851 | M. S. Malkani. 2015. Dinosaurs, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs, new fauna and flora from Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan Information Release 823:iii-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |