Khund Ghat, among highest beds, 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)

• Very likely comes from among the highest beds of the Upper Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, yellow sandstone

• Light grayish-yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.B. Wynne

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
""Septifer" squama n. sp." = Selenimyalina squama
""Septifer" squama n. sp." = Selenimyalina squama Waagen 1881 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten squamula n. sp. Waagen 1881 scallop
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae