Talar Sandstone (Hingol Section): Pliocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Scapharca vellicata Reeve 1844
Zozia sp. Winckworth 1930
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Cucullaea labiata Lightfoot 1786
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara ? burnesi
Anadara clathrata
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
Anadara cf. tambacana (Martin 1883)
Anadara ferruginea (Reeve 1844)
Anadara granosa (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa
Scapharca sp. Gray 1847
Anadara inaequivalvis (Bruguière 1789)
recombined as Scapharca inaequivalvis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten nearchi Vredenburg 1928
Chlamys mekranica
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Chlamys cf. tjaringinensis (Martin 1909)
Chlamys cf. singaporinus (Sowerby 1853)
recombined as Mimachlamys singaporinus
Chlamys prototranquebaricus Vredenburg 1928
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes sp. Poli 1791
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Hemicardium sp. Schweigger 1820
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cardium informal sp. small Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae informal indet. large Blainville 1814
Tellinidae informal indet. small Blainville 1814
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia ? subpenicillata Vredenburg 1928
recombined as Dosina subpenicillata
Timoclea cochinensis
Timoclea roemeriana
Timoclea sp. Brown 1827
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
Dosinia ? histrio (Gmelin 1791)
Dosinia pseudoargus (d'Archiac and Haime 1853)
Dosinia ? radiata Reeve 1850
recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata
Dosinia peralta Vredenburg 1928
recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) peralta
? Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
Hemitapes gallus
Hemitapes sp. (Römer 1864)
Pitar cf. belcheri (Sowerby 1852)
recombined as Tapes (Tapes) belcheri
Paphia sp. Röding 1798
Paphia cf. textile (Gmelin 1791)
Amiantis erycina
Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863
Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Pitar informal sp. tiny Römer 1857
Tivela sp. Link 1807
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825
recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrinula plicataria
Mactrinula sp. Gray 1853
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta grayi
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Cyclostrema sp. Marryatt 1818
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus 1767)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium informal sp. A Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella informal sp. A Lamarck 1799
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Turritella cf. fultoni Melvill 1901
Turritella cingulifera Sowerby 1825
recombined as Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cf. melanostoma
Natica cf. ponsonbyi
Natica cf. strongyla
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Natica cf. didyma (Röding 1798)
recombined as Glossaulax didyma
Natica lineata (Röding 1798)
recombined as Tanea lineata
Sigaretus sp. Lamarck 1799
synonym of Sinum
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus subintermedia
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Babylonia sp. Schlüter 1838
Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia cf. kurachensis
Bullia cf. mauritiana
Bullia cf. nitida
Bullia cf. tahitensis
Bullia informal sp. A Gray 1834
Bullia informal sp. B Gray 1834
Bullia informal sp. C Gray 1834
Bullia sp. Gray 1834
Bullia cf. karachensis
Nassarius cf. mucronatus
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Nassarius persicus Cox 1936
Nassarius cf. verbeeki (Martin 1895)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes cf. verbeeki (Martin 1895)
recombined as Mancorus verbeeki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus informal sp. D Linnaeus 1758
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra informal sp. A Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Rapana bulbosa (Solander 1817)
Purpura informal sp. A Bruguière 1789
Purpura informal sp. B Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia sp. Röding 1798
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Gyrineum spinosum
Gastropoda - Bursidae
? Bursa sp. Roding 1798
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna dolium
Tonna ? losariense
Tonna sp. Brünnich 1772
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 25.3° North, 65.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° North, 64.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Talar
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty mudstone
Secondary lithology:medium,coarse sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:55399
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Kosnik Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-10-17 22:50:38 Last modified:2005-10-18 02:23:14
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-17 22:50:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14901.1% 9720J. A. Crame. 1984. Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Makran Coast, Pakistan. In B. U. Haq, J. D. Milliman (eds.), Marine geology and oceanography of Arabian Sea and Coastal Pakistan 45-61 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]