Fossil Bed F.1986, Rakhi Nala (Eocene of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (30.0° N, 70.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 66.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Drazinda Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Upper Chocolate Clays (upper part, local zone 13). Most of Drazinda formation in Rakhi Nala belongs to planktonic foram zone P14, although the uppermost part is P15 (Warraich & Nishi, 2003).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by F.E. Eames; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8676: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 23.08.2000, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) rakhiense n. sp. Eames 1952 tusk shell
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pseudorakhiense n. sp. Eames 1952 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Scala (Crisposcala) rakhiensis Eames 1952 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma rakhiensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora rakhiensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Prunum) unistriata n. sp. Eames 1952 margin shell
Marginella (Prunum) pseudoorientalis Eames 1952 margin shell
Marginella (Serrata) pakistanica n. sp. Eames 1952 margin shell
Marginella (Nudifaba) rakhiensis n. sp. Eames 1952 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Pyrenomitra anachis n. gen. n. sp.
Pyrenomitra anachis n. gen. n. sp. Eames 1952 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Sparella) rakhiensis n. sp. Eames 1952 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassaria "sp. A" Link 1807 snail
Nassaria "sp. B" Link 1807 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura "sp. A" Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus "sp. A" Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turricula (Pleurofusia) pseudoscala n. sp. Eames 1952 turrid
Turricula (Pleurofusia) obliquinodosa n. sp. Eames 1952 turrid
Brachytoma "sp. A" Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula "sp. A" Schumacher 1817 snail
Turricula praepromensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
? Coptostoma punjabense Eames 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira punjabensis Eames 1952 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus rakhiensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoina rakhiensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus" "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Opisthobranchia -
? Roxania "sp. A" Leach In Gray 1847 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa recta n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Retusa (Cylichnina) aequiattenuata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail