Chidru, dark sandy limestones of Lower Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Also known as Chhidru

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° S, 55.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amb Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Lower division of the Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone

• Dark sandy limestone, weathering rusty brown

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.B. 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 119543: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
"Serpulites" indicus n. sp.
"Serpulites" indicus n. sp. Waagen and Pichl 1885