PBDB Collection

Morah, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll) (Permian of Pakistan)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Unspecified part of Middle Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wynne

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119541: 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 cf. glomerata⁶ Michelinia cf. glomerata⁶ tabulate coral
Crinoidea
Dendrocrinida - Rutkowskicrinidae	"? Poteriocrinus sp." = Propoteriocrinus⁵ "? Poteriocrinus sp." = Propoteriocrinus⁵ Schmidt 1934 Sea lily Stem fragments
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Septoporidae	Thamniscus serialis n. sp.⁵ Thamniscus serialis n. sp.⁵ Waagen and Pichl 1885
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Martiniidae	Martinia semiplana n. sp.³ Martinia semiplana n. sp.³ Waagen 1883 hard white limestones
Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae	"Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis³ "Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis³ Davidson 1862
Spiriferida - Choristitidae	"Spirifer wynnei" = Choristitella wynnei³ "Spirifer wynnei" = Choristitella wynnei³ Waagen 1883
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina subexpansa¹ Cleiothyridina subexpansa¹ Waagen 1883
Terebratulida - Gillediidae	Hemiptychina crebriplicata², Hemiptychina inflata² Hemiptychina crebriplicata² Waagen 1882 white limestones Hemiptychina inflata² Waagen 1882 light-colored compact limestone
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	"Dielasma problematicum" = Whitspakia problematica² "Dielasma problematicum" = Whitspakia problematica² Davidson 1862 very hard white limestone; yellowish slightly oolitic marly limestone
Terebratulida - Notothyrididae	Notothyris minuta² Notothyris minuta² Waagen 1882
Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae	""Rhynchonella" morahensis n. sp." = Pugnax morahensis³ ""Rhynchonella" morahensis n. sp." = Pugnax morahensis³ Waagen 1883
Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae	Terebratuloidea davidsoni³ Terebratuloidea davidsoni³ Waagen 1883
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Derbyiidae	Derbyia grandis⁴ Derbyia grandis⁴ Waagen 1884
Bivalvia
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	"Macrodon" geminum "Macrodon" geminum Waagen 1881 clam Very hard gray limestone
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	"Pecten wynnei n. sp." = Aviculopecten wynnei, Aviculopecten morahensis n. sp. "Pecten wynnei n. sp." = Aviculopecten wynnei Waagen 1881 scallop very hard gray limestone Aviculopecten morahensis n. sp. Waagen 1881 scallop very hard splintery light gray limestone

¹Grunt 1980; ²Waagen 1882; ³Waagen 1883; ⁴Waagen 1884; ⁵Waagen and Pichl 1885; ⁶Waagen and Wentzel 1886