Landa Pusha, Locality 1, Bed 1 (Permian of Pakistan)

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

• Limestone, finely crystalline, medium-light gray, medium-bedded

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

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
unclassified
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Echinodermata sp. Klein 1754