Vurcha, Salt Range (Fleming coll) (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° S, 55.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Likely from the Kalabagh Member, perhaps Chhidru Formation, but not stated

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by Andrew Fleming in 1848,1852

Primary reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117780: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni
"Camarophoria purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni Davidson 1862
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia hemisphaerica Waagen 1884
Streptorhynchus crenistria var. robusta
Derbyia grandis Waagen 1884