Where: Pakistan (33.0° N, 71.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° S, 56.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chhidru Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. Kummel and C. Teichert. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Permian-Triassic boundary beds, Salt Range and Trans-Indus Ranges, West Pakistan. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication 4:1-110 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 110931: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata sp. Klein 1754 |