Where: Pakistan (36.6° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° S, 65.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lupghar Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Fantini Sestini attributes fossils to Gircha Formation, but Angiolini (1995) assigns them to the Hunzina electa range zone of Member 1 of the Lupghar Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by E. Martina, R. Galimberti in 1962
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1965. Permian fossils of the upper Hunza valley. In A. Desio (ed.), Italian Expeditions to the Karakorum (K2) and Hindu Kush. IV - Paleontology-Zoology-Botany 135-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123044: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 10.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam | |
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam | |
Parallelodon desioi n. sp.
Parallelodon desioi n. sp. Fantini Sestini 1965 clam | |
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop | |
Strophomenata | |
Cancrinella cancriniformis Tschernyschew 1889 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Hunzina electa Angiolini 1995 | |
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Stenolaemata | |
""Fenestrellina" cf. perelegans" = Minilya perelegans
""Fenestrellina" cf. perelegans" = Minilya perelegans Waagen and Pichl 1885 | |
Trilobita | |
"? Ditomopyge middlemissi" = Paraphillipsia middlemissi
"? Ditomopyge middlemissi" = Paraphillipsia middlemissi Diener 1897 trilobite |