West of Khura, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.4° N, 72.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° S, 56.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chhidru Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Upper division of the Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1886. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VI. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(6):835-924 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119608: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus abichi" = Waagenoconcha (Gruntoconcha) abichi5 Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia hemisphaerica6 Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis4
"Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis4 Davidson 1862
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigerella praelonga4 Waagen 1883
Spirigerella derbyi4 Waagen 1883
Spirigerella hybrida4 Waagen 1883
"Athyris cf. pectinifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera4 Sowerby 1841
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Entalis herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum7
"Entalis herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum7 de Koninck 1863 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon triangularis7 Waagen 1880 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus indicus" = Euphemites indicus7
"Euphemus indicus" = Euphemites indicus7 Waagen 1880 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Holopella" trimorpha7 Waagen 1880 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrocheilus avellanoides" = Soleniscus avellanoides7
"Macrocheilus avellanoides" = Soleniscus avellanoides7 de Koninck 1863 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria sequens" = Guizhouspira sequens7
"Pleurotomaria sequens" = Guizhouspira sequens7 Waagen 1880 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma perelegans" = Wilkingia perelegans2
"Allorisma perelegans" = Wilkingia perelegans2 Waagen 1881 clam
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Cleistoporidae
"Araeopora" ramosa Waagen and Wentzel 1886 tabulate coral