Abgarch Valley 62PG-30 (Permian of Pakistan)

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
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon desioi n. sp. Fantini Sestini 1965 clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella cancriniformis Tschernyschew 1889
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Hunzina electa Angiolini 1995
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Trigonotreta lyonsensis Archbold and Thomas 1986
Neospirifer fasciger nitiensis
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
""Fenestrellina" cf. perelegans" = Minilya perelegans
""Fenestrellina" cf. perelegans" = Minilya perelegans Waagen and Pichl 1885
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"? Ditomopyge middlemissi" = Paraphillipsia middlemissi
"? Ditomopyge middlemissi" = Paraphillipsia middlemissi Diener 1897 trilobite