Where: Pakistan (32.2° N, 71.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° S, 54.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Amb Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Top 20 feet
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: R. E. Grant. 1968. Structural adaptation in two Permian brachiopod genera, Salt Range, West Pakistan. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):1-41 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 109314: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Marginifera ovalis" = Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis, "Marginifera excavata" = Marginifera (Arenaria) excavata
"Marginifera ovalis" = Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis Waagen 1884
"Marginifera excavata" = Marginifera (Arenaria) excavata Waagen 1884 | |
Bilotina subtecta Reed 1944 | |
Haydenella salinaria Reed 1944 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Uncinella indica Waagen 1883 |