Jalar, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° S, 55.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• From its preservation it is probable that it also came from the upper region of the Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.B. Wynne

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119653: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
"Nautilus goliathus" = Foordiceras goliathum
"Nautilus goliathus" = Foordiceras goliathum Waagen 1879 nautiloid