Golawali, silicified limestones, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Also known as Golewali

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 71.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 55.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Solid limestones, impregnated with silica, composing the middle region of Middle Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

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 119545: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
"Eocidaris forbesiana" = Permocidaris forbesiana
"Eocidaris forbesiana" = Permocidaris forbesiana de Koninck 1863 pencil urchin