Where: Pakistan (30.0° N, 70.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 65.3° E)
When: Domanda Formation (Khirthar Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• early Lutetian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; brown, gray, green, red mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, D. E. Russell, D. Sigogneau-Russell, J.-L. Hartenberger, S. M. Ibrahim Shah, M. Hassan, K. D. Rose and R. H. Ardrey. 1979. Reconnaissance survey and vertebrate paleontology of some Paleocene and Eocene Formations in Pakistan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(5):105-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45621: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella rakhiensis Eames 1952 turret shell | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Bivalvia | |
cf. Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
? Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium pseudogigas cockle | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
? Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Anodonta sp. freshwater mussel | |
? Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
? Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Malacostraca | |
Xanthidae indet. MacLeay 1838 stone crab |