Where: Pakistan (30.4° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 64.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ghazij Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Ghazij Shales (local subzone 3a)
• 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 183845: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Melanella (Polygireulima) punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Chondrocerithium pakistanicum, "Ptychocerithium "sp. A"" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)
"Ptychocerithium "sp. A"" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Sacco 1895 cerith snail | |
"Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella (Stiracolpus) harnaiensis
Turritella (Stiracolpus) harnaiensis Cox 1931 turret shell | |
Ancilla (Ancillus) pseudonana n. sp. Eames 1952 olive snail | |
? Celatoconus punjabensis n. sp.
? Celatoconus punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 true whelk | |
? Tetrastomella pseudohumilis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Pyrenoturris soriensis n. sp., Pyrenoturris punjabensis n. sp.
Pyrenoturris soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Pyrenoturris punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Turris (Gemmula) soriensis n. sp.
Turris (Gemmula) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 turrid | |
"Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni
"Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni Vredenburg 1923 volute | |
Trigonostoma pakistanicum n. sp.
Trigonostoma pakistanicum n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Euspira soriensis n. sp., Crommium pseudowillemeti n. sp.
Euspira soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 moon snail
Crommium pseudowillemeti n. sp. Eames 1952 moon snail | |
Rissoa pakistanica Eames 1952 snail | |
Cerithiopsis punjabensis n. sp.
Cerithiopsis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Ringicula punjabensis Eames 1952 snail | |
Odostomia (Megastomia) infrasubcarinata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Eulimella (Belonidium) laxispirata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Punjabia marginostriata n. gen. n. sp., Pseudomalaxis punjabensis n. sp.
Punjabia marginostriata n. gen. n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Pseudomalaxis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail |