PBDB Collection

Khura, uppermost beds of Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 55.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wargal Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Uppermost beds of middle division

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

• Marly layer between the limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119527: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Michelinia indica⁶ Michelinia indica⁶ Waagen and Wentzel 1886 tabulate coral "top beds of middle division"
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Tainoceratidae	"Gyroceras medlicottianum n. sp." = Metacoceras medlicottianum "Gyroceras medlicottianum n. sp." = Metacoceras medlicottianum Waagen 1879
Nautilida - Grypoceratidae	"Nautilus connectens" = Pselioceras connectens "Nautilus connectens" = Pselioceras connectens Waagen 1879 "at limit between middle and upper divisions, most likely with former"
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	"Chonetes squamulifera" = Waagenites squamulifera³ "Chonetes squamulifera" = Waagenites squamulifera³ Waagen 1884 "top beds"
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	"Chonetes" semiovalis³ "Chonetes" semiovalis³ Waagen 1884 "topmost beds"
Productida - Richthofeniidae	Richthofenia lawrenciana⁴ Richthofenia lawrenciana⁴ de Koninck 1863
Productida - Paucispiniferidae	"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa³ "Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa³ Waagen 1884 "topmost beds"
Productida -	"Marginifera typica" = Marginifera (Marginifera) typica³ "Marginifera typica" = Marginifera (Marginifera) typica³ Waagen 1884 "top beds"
Productida - Linoproductidae	"Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus³ "Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus³ Waagen 1884 "top beds"
Productida - Productellidae	Chonetella nasuta³ Chonetella nasuta³ Waagen 1884 "top beds"
Productida - Strophalosiidae	""Strophalosia" excavata" = Orthothrix excavata³ ""Strophalosia" excavata" = Orthothrix excavata³ Geinitz 1842 "top beds"
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae	"Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis² "Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis² Davidson 1862
Terebratulida - Gillediidae	Hemiptychina inflata¹ Hemiptychina inflata¹ Waagen 1882 "top beds of middle division"
Athyridida - Neoretziidae	"Eumetria grandicosta" = Hustedia grandicosta² "Eumetria grandicosta" = Hustedia grandicosta² Davidson 1862 "highest beds"
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Spirigerella minuta² Spirigerella minuta² Waagen 1883 "top-beds of middle division"
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae	Polypora megastoma⁵ Polypora megastoma⁵ de Koninck 1863
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Dybowskiella expansa⁶, "Fistulipora parasitica" = Eridopora parasitica⁶ Dybowskiella expansa⁶ Waagen and Wentzel 1886 "Fistulipora parasitica" = Eridopora parasitica⁶ Waagen and Wentzel 1886 "highest beds"
Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae	"Geinitzella sparsigemmata n. sp." = Dyscritella sparsigemmata⁶ "Geinitzella sparsigemmata n. sp." = Dyscritella sparsigemmata⁶ Waagen and Wentzel 1886 "top beds of middle division"
Crinoidea
Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae	"Cyathocrinus" goliathus⁵ "Cyathocrinus" goliathus⁵ Waagen 1885 Sea lily

¹Waagen 1882; ²Waagen 1883; ³Waagen 1884; ⁴Waagen 1885; ⁵Waagen and Pichl 1885; ⁶Waagen and Wentzel 1886