Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 71.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.4° S, 52.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chhidru Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• Very highest beds of the Productus-limestone, just below the Ceratite Formation.
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81504: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2008
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus multituberculatus n. sp." = Temnocheilus multituberculatum
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Gastropoda | |
"Bucania ornatissima n. sp." = Retispira ornatissima4
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""Pleurotomaria" durga" = Baylea durga4
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Bivalvia | |
"Avicula chidruensis" = Leptodesma chidruensis1
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"Pseudomonotis inversa" = Plagiostoma inversa1
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"Eucharis" grandaeva n. sp.1
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"Spengleria" vetusta n. sp.1
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer ambiensis n. sp." = Betaneospirifer ambiensis2
"Spirifer ambiensis n. sp." = Betaneospirifer ambiensis2 Waagen 1883 | |
"Athyris subexpansa" = Cleiothyridina subexpansa2
"Athyris subexpansa" = Cleiothyridina subexpansa2 Waagen 1883 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Marginifera ornata" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata3
"Marginifera ornata" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata3 Waagen 1884 |