Stn 4, East of Lakhra village section (Eocene of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (25.7° N, 68.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 1.2° S, 67.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and sandstone

• The Lakhra Formation conformably overlies the Bara Formation and consists of evenly bedded impure limestone alternating with bioclastic sandstone and calcareous shale.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, recrystallized, replaced with calcite

Collected by Merle and Pacaud

• Repository at Centre for Pure and Applied Geology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Primary reference: D. Merle, J. Pacaud, G. Metais, A. Bartolini, R. A. Lashari, I. Brohi, S. H. Solangi, L. Marivaux, and J.-L. Welcomme. 2014. Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. Zootaxa 3826(1):101-138 [M. Clapham/V. Maciel/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184086: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Vanessa Maciel on 30.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyrischapa brevispira, Lyrischapa blanfordi, Lyrischapa vredenburgi n. sp., Lyriopsis cossmanni, Mitreola brohii n. sp., Pakiluta solangii n. sp., Volutilithes welcommei n. sp., Volutilithes sindhiensis n. sp., Pseudaulicina coxi n. sp., Sindhiluta lakhraensis n. sp., Athleta (Volutocorbis) cf. wynnei, Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae, Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii n. sp., Athleta (Volutopupa) intercrenatus, Athleta (Volutopupa) citharopsis n. sp.
Lyrischapa brevispira Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Lyrischapa blanfordi Vredenburg 1923 volute
Lyrischapa vredenburgi n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Lyriopsis cossmanni Cossmann and Pissarro 1909 volute
Mitreola brohii n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Pakiluta solangii n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Volutilithes welcommei n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Volutilithes sindhiensis n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Pseudaulicina coxi n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Sindhiluta lakhraensis n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae Vredenburg 1923 volute
Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute
Athleta (Volutopupa) intercrenatus Cossmann and Pissarro 1909 volute
Athleta (Volutopupa) citharopsis n. sp. Merle and Pacaud 2014 volute