63-3S-BIL (Paleocene to of Pakistan)

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 67.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 61.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Degari Formation (Laki Group), Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, fine, argillaceous sandstone

• Lagoonal-estuarine to very shallow sea.
• Muddy fine grained or very fine grained sandstone just below coal seam 1-2L.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Mizuno. 1970. The Eocene Molluscan Fauna from the Degari Coal Field in Central Baluchistan, West Pakistan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 20(4):225-246 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/L. Eccles]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101940: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia shimoyamai n. sp.
Anomia shimoyamai n. sp. jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp., Arca pakistanica n. sp.
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca pakistanica n. sp. ark
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Meretrix sp., Pitar (Calpitaria) rakhiensis
? Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
? Faunus sp.
? Faunus sp. Montfort 1810 snail