Drazinda Shale Member (Eocene of Pakistan)
Where: Pakistan (30.6° N, 70.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 9.0° N, 72.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Kithar Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case and R. M. West. 1991. Geology and Paleontology of the Eocene Drazinda Shale Member of the Khirthar Formation, central Western Pakistan, Part II Late Eocene fishes. Tertiary Research 12(3-4):105-120 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79971: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 31.03.2008
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Eutrichiurides winkleri Casier 1946 | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Dasyatis charlisae Case 1981 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
"Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna
"Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna mackerel shark | |
Nebrius obliquum nurse shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark |