Fossil Bed F.2679, Zinda Pir (Eocene of Pakistan)

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
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Chondrocerithium pakistanicum Eames 1952 cerith snail
10+ specimens
"Ptychocerithium "sp. A"" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Sacco 1895 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella (Stiracolpus) harnaiensis
"Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
10+ specimens
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancillus) pseudonana n. sp. Eames 1952 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Celatoconus punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
? Tetrastomella pseudohumilis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Pyrenoturris soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Pyrenoturris punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris (Gemmula) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni
"Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni Vredenburg 1923 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma pakistanicum n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 moon snail
Crommium pseudowillemeti n. sp. Eames 1952 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa pakistanica Eames 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula punjabensis Eames 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Eulimella (Belonidium) laxispirata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Punjabia marginostriata n. gen. n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Pseudomalaxis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail