Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° S, 55.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Kalabagh Member (Wargal Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Highly probably that it was collected from the same bed that yielded the other silicified shells that have made the locality celebrated
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by Mogul
• Collected by native servant Mogul and sent by Dr. H. Warth
Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1882. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 1. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):329-390 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119742: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Dielasma biplex" = Whitspakia biplex, "Dielasma problematicum" = Whitspakia problematica
"Dielasma biplex" = Whitspakia biplex Waagen 1882
"Dielasma problematicum" = Whitspakia problematica Davidson 1862 |