Katwahi, lower beds of Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Also known as Kathwai

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: Chhidru Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Lower beds of the upper division

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 119553: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
? Hydriocrinus sp. Trautschold 1867 Sea lily
pentagonal stem fragments
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella nasuta1 Waagen 1884
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria punjabica" = Callistadia punjabica2
"Pleurotomaria punjabica" = Callistadia punjabica2 Waagen 1880 snail
lower and middle beds, not stated