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Kuldana Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: [1] | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Coordinates | 33°43′N 72°10′E / 33.717°N 72.167°E |
Region | Kala Chitta Range |
Country | Pakistan |
History[edit]
Stratigraphy[edit]
Geology[edit]
The lower units of the Kuldana Formation are composed primarily of loose red and grey muds that contain conglomerate lenses. These units are overlain by layers of dolomite, limestone, mudstone and sand that were deposited in a period of increased marine influence. This section of the formation also features a 160 m (520 ft) thick bed of limestone that is divided into four layers.
The top of the formation is dominated by green-grey silts and bivalve banks that were deposited during a marine transgression.
Paleoenvironment[edit]
The Kuldana Formation featured several different environments across its time of deposition, with the oldest layers showing fluvial conditions. The strata overlying these sediments suggest that the environment shifted to a mix of freshwater and shallow marine habitats, which is supported by multiple lines of evidence. Evidence for freshwater biomes is present through isotopic analysis as well as the local fauna, for example the freshwater snail Planorbis, whereas the presence of sharks and pycnodontoid fish shows the presence of marine habitats. It is thought that the archaeocetes that inhabited the formation at the time stuck to freshwater biomes, even if some localities were evidently closer to the coast.[1]
This mix of fresh- and saltwater habitats was eventually followed by a marine transgression that characterizes the geology of the uppermost layers of the formation.[1]
Ganda Kas[edit]
Fossiliferous sediments in and around the Ganda Kas localities were deposited in semi-arid Eocene floodplains and freshwater channels. The H-GSP Locality 62, from which an abundance of material is known, was deposited in a stillwater environment, while other localities in the area represent the remains of prehistoric rivers. Localities around Ganda Kas deposited in a marine environment appears to be of a later age.[2]
Banda Daud Shah[edit]
Like in Ganda Kas, the depositional environment in the areas presenting a Banda Daud Shah-type fauna, such as the eponymous Banda Daud Shah and Barbora Banda localities, represents an arid environment crossed by various rivers. The most common fossil mammals are the early artiodactyl Diacodexis pakistanensis and the tapiroid perissodactyl Karagalax mamikhelensis ; the presence of adapids and arctocyonids in the area indicates that it probably had an older age than the Ganda Kas fauna.[2]
Paleofauna[edit]
Mammals[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Mammalia indet.[3] | spe. indet. | Barbora Banda II | A single, large incisor. | May belong to a small artiodactyl. | |
Pakilestes[4][5] | P. lathrius | Chorlakki | Two molars and a premolar | An insectivore mammal of uncertain affinities. |
Herpetotheriidae[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Herpetotheriinae indet. [2] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | A right molar. |
Arctocyonia[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Karakia[2] | K. longidens | H-GSP Loc. 9710, Banda Daud Shah | A single, fragmentary mandible. | The first arctocyonid from Indo-Pakistan. |
leaving this separate for now till I figure out what group they are currently assigned to
Artiodactyla[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Ambulocetus[1][6] | A. natans | H-GSP Loc. 9209 & 9204 | Several specimens. | An ambulocetid cetacean. | |
Artiodactyla indet.[4] | Chorlakki | An astragalus and two calcaneum | These fossil remains are thought to be too large and robust to have belonged to the Chorlakki dichobunids or Indohyus. | ||
Attockicetus[1][6] | A. praecursor | H-GSP Loc. 9204
H-GSP Loc. 9607, Shepherd's Lake |
An incomplete cranium, worn teeth, premolars. | A remingtonocetid cetacean. | |
Cf. A. sp. | H-GSP Loc. 9607, Shepherd's Lake | Two teeth | A remingtonocetid cetacean. | ||
Basilosauridae indet.[7] | spe. indet. | Ganda Kas | Two isolated teeth. | One of the teeth resemble those of Ichthyolestes. | |
Chorlakkia[4] | C. hassani | Chorlakki | A left dentary and multiple teeth | A dichobunid. | |
Dichobunidae indet.[4] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Teeth | Teeth distinct from the other known Kuldana dichobunids. One particular tooth might represent a hyopsodontid. | |
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D. gandaensis | Ganda Kas & Chorlakki | Two right molar. | A dichobunid | |
Gandakasia[1][1][7] | G. potens | H-GSP Loc. 58, Ganda Kas H-GSP Loc. 9607 Shepherd's Lake |
A fragmentary mandible | A protocetid cetacean | |
Gobiohyus[7][4][2] | cf. G. orientalis | Ganda Kas | A single tooth. | An helohyid. | |
Gujaratia[4][2][4][8][9] | G. pakistanensis | Chorlakki Lammidhan Barbora Banda I & II H-GSP Loc. 300, 9710 & 9712, Banda Daud Shah |
Teeth | A diacodexeid. Gujaratia is rare at Chorlakki and may be the only artiodactyl at Barbora Banda. Formerly classified within the European and American genus Diacodexis. | |
Ichthyolestes[1] | I. pinfoldi | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | A single molar | A pakicetid. | |
Indohyus[4] | I. indirae | Ganda Kas, Chorlakki & Kalakot | Numerous specimens | A raoellid. The most abundant artiodactyl at Kalakot, but less common at Chorlakki where Khirtharia is more prominent. | |
I. major | Chorlakki | An isolated tooth | A larger species of raoellid, that would reach about twice the size of I. indirae, but might also represent an unrelated species of diacodexeid or dichobunid. | ||
Khirtharia[7][4][2] | K. dayi | Chorlakki, Kalakot & Panoba
H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas |
Fragments of maxilla and mandibles ; isolated teeth | A large helohyid. Khirtharia is the must abundant artiodactyl at Chorlakki and more common than Indohyus, but the reverse is seen at Kalakot. | |
Nalacetus[1][6] | Nalacetus ratimitus | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Fragments of palate, maxilla and teeth | A pakicetid cetacean | |
Pakibune[4] | P. chorlakkiensis | Chorlakki & Lammidhan | Teeth | A moderately sized dichobunid, larger than the other dichobunid taxa from the formation. | |
Pakicetus | P. attocki[7] | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Complete cranial remains. | A pakicetid cetacean | |
P. calcis[1] | H-GSP Loc. 9607 Shepherd's Lake H-GSP Loc. 9607, Valley E |
A partial mandible, palate fragment and teeth | A pakicetid cetacean | ||
P. chittas[1] | Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 9607, Shepherd's Lake |
Fragments of mandibles | A pakicetid cetacean | ||
P. inachus[4] | Chorlakki | A pakicetid cetacean | |||
Protocetidae indet.[7] | spe. indet. | Ganda Kas | Jaw fragment and two isolated teeth | One of the teeth resemble those of Ichthyolestes. |
double check the claim that Diacodexis is the only artiodactyl from Barbora Banda with more recent literature
Chiroptera[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Chiropteran indet. A[4][5] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | A molar | ||
Chiropteran indet. B[4][5] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Two fragmentary molars | Resemble that of Palaeochiropteryx, and may belong to a relatively large bat. |
Eulipotyphla[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Seia[4][5] | S. shahi | Chorlakki | Two molars | An erinaceomorph, probably representing a new family. |
Hyaenodonta[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Paratritemnodon[4][2] | P. indicus | Ganda Kas & Chorlakki | A mandible (now lost), several isolated teeth | Represent a smaller form of hyaenodont. | |
P. jandewalensis | H-GSP Loc. 9205, Ganda Kas | Fragmentary maxilla and isolated tooth. | The teeth are twice as large than those of P. indicus, and it was probably much larger. |
Mesonychia[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Mesonychidae indet.[7] | spe. indet. | Ganda Kas | A single premolar | Belongs to a small mesonychid, with similarities to Hapalodectes. |
Perissodactyla[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Anthracobune[9][8][10][11] | A. pinfoldi[7] | Upper Member : Lammidhan & Ganda Kas | Relatively complete cranial remains and isolated teeth. | The largest anthracobunid in the formation. | |
A. wardi[4] | Chorlakki & Ganda Kas | Several mandibles, fragments of a skull and isolated teeth. | An anthracobunid. Formerly the distinct genus Lammidhania, also present in the Subathu Formation. Includes the holotype of Pilgrimella pilgrimi. | ||
"Forstercooperia"[4] | "F." jigniensis | Chorlakki | Teeth | A paraceratheriid. | |
Isectolophidae indet.[4] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | A tooth | ||
Jozaria[9][10] | J. palustris | Upper Member | Several teeth | An anthracobunid. | |
cf. Kalakotia[2] | K. sp. | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas
H-GSP Loc. 9613, Thatta |
A fragmentary maxilla and isolated teeth | A lophialetid tapiroid, probably representing a new species. | |
Karagalax[12] | K. mamikhelensis | H-GSP Loc. 300, Barbora Banda | Several relatively well-preserved skulls ; isolated postcranial elements tentatively refered to the genus. | An isectolophid tapiromorph, more cursorial than its contemporary American relatives. | |
Obergfellia[4][9] | O. occidentalis | Ganda Kas | Several mandibles. | An anthracobunid. Includes most of the material formerly assigned to Pilgrimella pilgrimi. | |
Palaeosyops[4][7][2][13] | P. dayi | Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 64, 9613 and 227, Ganda Kas & Thatta |
Fragmentary maxilla and mandible ; isolated teeth | Formerly belonging to the genus Eotitanops, it seems to be intermediate between the two genera. A small and primitve brontothere. Also present in the Baska Formation. | |
Pakotitanops[7][2] | P. latidentatus | H-GSP Loc. 9205 & 9206, Ganda Kas | A fragmentary maxilla and isolated teeth | A brontothere, distinctly larger and more derived than Eotitanops. |
Primates[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Cf. Agerinia[4][14] | Cf. A. sp. | Chorlakki | A tooth. | A notharctid, with similarities to A. roselli. | |
Jattadectes[2] | J. mamikheli | H-GSP Loc. 9712, Banda Daud Shah | A premolar and an incisor | The first plesiadapid from Indo-Pakistan. | |
Kohatius[15][16] | K. coppensi | Chorlakki | Teeth. | An omomyid. Might also be present in the Ghazij Formation. | |
cf. K. sp. | Barbora | Mandible fragment. | An omomyid ; the smallest primate in Indo-Pakistan. | ||
K. sp. A | H-GSP Locality 223, Jhalar | A premolar. | An omomyid with similarities with Altanius. | ||
Panobius[4][2][15][14] | P. afridi | Chorlakki | Two isolated teeth. | An adapid. | |
P. amplior | Either from Chorlakki[15], or from H-GSP Loc. 9712, Banda Daud Shah.[2] | A fragmentary mandible with two associated molars and isolated teeth. | An adapid, much larger than P. russelli and P. afridi, to which it was firstly attributed. | ||
Parvocristes[2] | P. oligocollis | H-GSP Loc. 225, Jhalar | A premolar and an incisor | A carpolestid. |
Rodentia[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Birbalomys[4][2][17] | B. (Basalomys) ijlsti | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Teeth | A chappatimyid, the most common rodent in its locality. | |
B. (Birbalomys) sondaari | Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 57, 62 and 144, Ganda Kas |
Teeth | A chappatimyid abundant in Chorlakki and Ganda Kas. | ||
B. (Birbalomys) woodi | Chorlakki | Three teeth. | A chappatimyid. Relatively rare in Chorlakki, but abundant in other similarly-aged formations. | ||
B. (Basalomys) vandermeuleni[18] | Shekhan, Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 57 & 144, Ganda Kas |
A chappatimyid. Formerly Saykanomys. | |||
Chapattimys[4]>[17] | C. debruijni | Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 9205, Ganda Kas |
Teeth | One of the largest chappatimyid in Indo-Pakistan, reaching twice the size of C. wilsoni. Quite rare in all the deposits where it is found. | |
C. wilsoni | Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 62 & 144, Ganda Kas |
Teeth | A chappatimyid. | ||
Gumbatomys[4][17] | G. asifi | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas ; Chorlakki | Several teeth | A rare chappatimyid. | |
Paramyidae indet.[3][19] | spe. indet. | Barbora Banda I | Teeth | ||
Cf. Petrokozlovia[4][17] | Cf. P. sp. indet. 1 | Chorlakki
H-GSP Loc. 57, Ganda Kas |
One tooth. | Less derived than P. notos, but similar to a more primitive specimen from Kazakhstan. | |
Cf. P. sp. indet. 2 | Chorlakki | One tooth. | Seemingly closer to P. notos, from Mongolia, than the other species. | ||
Cf. Tamquammys[18] | Cf. T. sp. | Chorlakki | A Tamquammyidae. | ||
Tamquammyidae indet.[3][2][19] | spe. indet. 1 | Barbora Banda I | Teeth | ||
spe. indet. 2 | Barbora Banda I | Teeth |
Tillodontia[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Basalina[4][20] | B. basalensis | Ganda Kas & Chorlakki | A fragmentary mandible and associated teeth. | A small estonychid tillodont, firstly identified as a taeniodont. | |
cf. B. basalensis | Ganda Kas | A jaw fragment. | The heavy wear on the specimen renders the identification as B. basalensis only tentative. |
Chondrichthyans[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Selachimorpha indet.[1] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 9607, Shepherd's Lake | Teeth. |
Actinopterygians[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Acanthopterygii indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki & Shekhan Nala | Several isolated teeth. | Some of the teeth might belong to an Osteoglossiforme indeterminate. | |
Amiidae indet.[22] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 56, Ganda Kas redbeds | Partial right premaxilla with associated teeth. | From predominantly marine deposits. | |
Anchichanna[22] | kuldanensis | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Several relatively complete cranial remains. | A snakehead. | |
Ariidae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Several abdominal vertebra. | Despite being primarily marine, ariid catfish are known to frequently enter freshwater environments. | |
Bagridae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | An angular bone, a cleithrum and pectoral spines. | ||
Cf. Bagridae indet.[22] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Fragments of the skull and spines. | Might represent several species of catfish. | |
Clariidae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki & Shekhan Nala | An articular bone and pectoral spines. | The low angular resemble that of Heterobranchus. | |
Cyprinidae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | A pharyngeal tooth. | ||
Cyprinodontidae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Several teeth and a quadrate bone. | The teeth are similar to those of Aphanius. | |
Eotrigonodontidae indet.[22] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 229 & 9607 | Two teeth. | Tentatively refered to the Mesozoic genera Hadrodus or Stephanodus. | |
Lepisosteus[21] | L. sp. | Chorlakki | A tooth and a scale. | Appears to be closely related or identical to the modern genus Lepisosteus osseus. | |
Macquaria[21] | M. antiquus | Chorlakki | Various bone fragments and isolated spines | A temperate perch. | |
Osteoglossidae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Scales : Chorlakki & Shekhan Nala
Maxilla : H-GSP Loc. 9611 |
A maxilla, several scales of various size and shape. | ||
Perciformes indet.[22] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Isolated fin spine. | Distinct from Macquaria antiquus. | |
Pycnodontoidea indet.[1][22][1] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 9206 & 9608, Ganda Kas H-GSP Loc. 9607, Shepherd's Lake |
Several isolated teeth and a jaw fragment. | From predominantly marine deposits. | |
Siluriforme indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | A basioccipital. | ||
Teleostei indet.[22] | spe. indet. | H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas | Isolated teeth. | From predominantly freshwater deposits, possibly representing several species. | |
Cf. Varohstichthys[21] | Cf. V. sp. | Chorlakki | A pharyngeal tooth. | A Cyprinidae. |
Reptiles[edit]
Turtles[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Trionychinae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Four fragments of pleural plates. | The fragments belonged to a shell reaching 30 cm in length and are similar to plates found in the Kala Chitta Hills and Lammidhan localities. | |
"Chorlakkichelys"[21] | "C. shahi" | Chorlakki | Fragmentary shell belonging to a single individual. | A Carretochelyinae. Material from Chharat, Jhalar and Lammidhan can be tentatively assigned to the genus. A 2014 study established that the genus Chorlakkichelys is a nomem dubium due to its lack of diagnostic apomorphy.[23] |
Squamates[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Tinosaurus[21] | T. sp. | Chorlakki | Two isolated teeth. | Similarities can be observed with Eocene species of Tinosaurus from North America and China. | |
Sauria indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | A fragmentary vertebra. | ||
Boidae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Five fragmentary vertebrae. | ||
Erycinae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Two fragmentary vertebrae. | The material probably represent a new genus and species of sand boa. | |
Boinae indet.[21] | spe. indet. | Chorlakki | Two fragmentary vertebrae. | The material probably represent a new genus and species of boa resembling the Eocene genera Paleryx and Palaeopython. |
Crocodilians[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Crocodilia indet.[3][24] | spe. indet. | Barbora Banda II & H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas |
Mollusca[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Planorbis[1][1][18][24] | P. sp. | Chorlakki Shekhan Nala H-GSP Loc. 62, Ganda Kas H-GSP Loc. 9607, Shepherd's Lake |
A freshwater snail. |
Plants[edit]
Name | Species | Locality/Member | Material | Notes | Image |
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Cf. Ajunginucilla[3] | Cf. C. sp. | Barbora Banda I | Seeds. | A sage. | |
Celtis[3] | C. sp.[3] | Barbora Banda I | Seeds. | A hackberry. | |
Chara[3] | C. sp. | Barbora Banda I | Seeds. | A charophyte. |
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