Coral Reef on Gwadar headland: Pleistocene, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo intercostalis Menke 1829
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium obeliscus Bruguière 1792
synonym of Rhinoclavis sinensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cf. didyma (Röding 1798)
recombined as Glossaulax didyma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Purpura rudolphi
Mancinella mancinella
spelled with current rank as Thais (Mancinella)
Mancinella tuberosa
spelled with current rank as Thais (Mancinella)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mauritia arabica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys cf. townsendi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus 1758)
Gafrarium dispar
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 25.1° North, 62.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.8° North, 62.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:55403
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-10-17 23:35:13 Last modified:2005-10-18 02:35:13
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-17 23:35:12
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]