Bilot, white calcareous sandstone, Upper Productus-limestone, Khisor Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.3° N, 71.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° S, 55.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Not marked on specimen or on Wynne's section, but lithology seems to correspond best with some layers mentioned by Wynne in the upper division of the Productus-limestone at Bilot.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white, calcareous sandstone

• Light-coloured, nearly white, very hard calcareous sandstone or sandy limestone with ferruginous partings

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.B. Wynne

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 119739: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Pecten subgranosus n. sp." = Streblochondria subgranosa
"Pecten subgranosus n. sp." = Streblochondria subgranosa Waagen 1881 scallop