Morah, rusty limestone slab, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.4° N, 72.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° S, 55.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

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

• Single slab of limestone from middle region of Middle Productus-limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, brown limestone

• Rusty brown limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wynne

Primary reference: W. Waagen and J. Pichl. 1885. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part V. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(5):771-834 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119540: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae
"Phyllopora" cribellum de Koninck 1863
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Thamniscus dubius" = Synocladia dubia, Acanthocladia anceps
"Thamniscus dubius" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820
Several more or less extensive fragments