Where: Punjab, Pakistan (30.8° N, 70.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 66.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: P14-P15 nannofossil zone, Drazinda Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• "probably in the upper part of P14 or
•lower part of PI5 and middle Bartonian (late middle Eocene) in age (Gingerich et al., 1997). This
•is calibrated at about 39-38 Ma on the time scale of Berggren et al. (1995)"
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
•the middle Drazinda Formation"
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Gingerich, P.D. in 1996
Primary reference: J. J. Head, S. M. Raza, and P. D. Gingerich. 1999. Drazinderetes tethyensis, a new large trionychid (Reptilia: Testudines) from the marine Eocene Drazinda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 30(7):199-214 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167713: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Drazinderetes tethyensis n. gen. n. sp.
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