West side of ridge 1185, SE of Musa Khel, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° S, 55.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amb Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• About the Fusulina limestone horizon of the upper half of the Lower Productus limestone, but several specimens may have fallen from the Spirifer-Derbyia bed immediately overlying the Fusulina bed.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125861: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.03.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
 Productida - Productidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
? Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
K34.134
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Orthotichia ? morgani" = Orthotichia morganiana
"Orthotichia ? morgani" = Orthotichia morganiana Derby 1874
K34.129
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigerella numismalis, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava curta" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava tumida" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava medioplicata" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava
Spirigerella numismalis Waagen 1883
K34.122
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava Waagen 1883
K34.124, 128
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava curta" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava Waagen 1883
K34.128
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava tumida" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava Waagen 1883
K34.128
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava medioplicata" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava Waagen 1883
K34.122
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
K34.131, 133
Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui undata Reed 1944
K34.132, ?130
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Martiniopsis subpentagonalis Waagen 1883
K34.129
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
"Hemipytchina (Beecheria) sublaevis" = Fredericksolasma sublaevis
"Hemipytchina (Beecheria) sublaevis" = Fredericksolasma sublaevis Waagen 1882
K34.123
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia ? buriensis Reed 1944
K34.119
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
? Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
K34.121
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
? Strophalosia sp. King 1844
K34.135
Strophalosia (Heteralosia) tenuispina Waagen 1884
K34.120, 126
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) spiralis" = Costiferina spiralis
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) spiralis" = Costiferina spiralis Waagen 1884
K34.118, 126