Also known as Rakhi Nala 3, RN-3
Where: Pakistan (30.0° N, 70.2° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 65.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Domanda Formation (Kirthar 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 45620: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinopsis sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin | |
Fibularia sp. Lamarck sand dollar | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella rakhiensis Eames 1952 turret shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Bivalvia | |
cf. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
cf. Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
? Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
cf. Rangia sp. Des Moulins 1832 clam | |
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
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 |