Pidh, two furlongs SSW on road to Pind Dadan Khan (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.7° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 55.0° S, 60.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Talchir Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Eurydesma bed in Talchir boulder bed

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1936. Some fossils from the Eurydesma and Conularia beds (Punjabian) of the Salt Range. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 23(1):1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116446: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula pidhensis n. sp." = Nuculopsis pidhensis
"Nucula pidhensis n. sp." = Nuculopsis pidhensis Reed 1936 nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astartella pindensis n. sp., ? Astartella simulans n. sp.
? Astartella pindensis n. sp. Reed 1936 clam
? Astartella simulans n. sp. Reed 1936 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Cardiomorpha pinguis n. sp.
Cardiomorpha pinguis n. sp. Reed 1936 clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
"Maeonia cf. gracilis" = Megadesmus (Cleobis) grandis, "Astartila cf. ovalis" = Astartila intrepida, "? Cardiomorpha pusilla" = Astartila intrepida, Astartila salaria n. sp.
"Maeonia cf. gracilis" = Megadesmus (Cleobis) grandis Dana 1847 clam
"Astartila cf. ovalis" = Astartila intrepida Dana 1847 clam
"? Cardiomorpha pusilla" = Astartila intrepida Dana 1847 clam
Astartila salaria n. sp. Reed 1936 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Liebea" sp., ? Myalina sp.
"Liebea" sp. Waagen 1881 clam
? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pterinea" cf. lata
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma obscurum n. sp., Eurydesma amygdalinum n. sp., Eurydesma mytiloides, Eurydesma aequale n. sp., Eurydesma demissum n. sp., Eurydesma cordatum, Eurydesma subovatum n. sp., Eurydesma pertenue n. sp., Eurydesma subobliquum n. sp., Eurydesma punjabicum n. sp., Eurydesma perversum n. sp., Eurydesma hobartense
Eurydesma obscurum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma amygdalinum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma mytiloides Reed 1932 scallop
Eurydesma aequale n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma demissum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
Eurydesma subovatum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma pertenue n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma subobliquum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma punjabicum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
includes var. nov. elongata
Eurydesma perversum n. sp. Reed 1936 scallop
Eurydesma hobartense Johnston 1887 scallop
var. nov. bigener, rotundata
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima sp.
Palaeolima sp. Hind 1903 file clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma dadanense n. sp.
Dielasma dadanense n. sp. Reed 1936
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella fossula
Fenestella fossula Lonsdale 1844